[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 11576]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             LEAVE IRAQ NOW

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. While soldiers are killing insurgents, insurgents are 
killing our soldiers. Iraq's Prime Minister is said to have considered 
amnesty for the growing number of insurgents, quote, as long as their 
hands weren't stained by Iraqi blood.
  This kind of talk will only encourage more aggression against U.S. 
troops, more U.S. casualties, more U.S. deaths. Our soldiers are 
sitting ducks in a shooting gallery. If we really cared about them, we 
would bring them home.
  Iraq's leaders will ultimately seek peace and reconciliation with its 
diverse armed groups through renouncing U.S. presence. Yet we are 
building permanent bases there.
  It is time for our Nation to seek truth and reconciliation over 9/11 
and the war in Iraq. Otherwise our national agenda will continue to be 
held captive in Iraq.
  The Bible says, ``Ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you 
free''. The truth is, Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11, did not have 
weapons of mass destruction. The truth is that in the name of fighting 
terrorism, we are creating more terrorists.
  ``Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.'' We 
must free ourselves from this war. We must reconcile with those who 
wrongly took us into Iraq. We must seek the truth.

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