[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7079]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                  THE NDAA AUTHORIZES WAR AGAINST IRAN

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. The NDAA authorizes war against Iran. It calls for a 
new policy--military action--which puts U.S. aircraft and munitions 
into position for air-and sea-based missions and the bolstering of U.S. 
capabilities to launch a sustained sea and air campaign against a range 
of Iranian nuclear and military targets. It authorizes war under the 
pretext that Iran is threatening to launch a nuclear attack, even 
though Iran does not have nuclear weapons, does not have nuclear-
weapons capability, and is not building a bomb.
  Beyond the obvious political and military questions here, there is a 
profound spiritual question: What is happening to the spirit of America 
that we can embrace war or waging war so casually? What happens to our 
souls when we authorize an attack on a nuclear facility in another 
country? What happens to the souls of those who perish when radiation 
is released from such an attack?
  The Golden Rule states: Do unto others as you would have them do unto 
you. It does not say: Do unto others before they do unto you.

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