[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8018]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   PERPETUAL WAR FOR PERPETUAL PEACE

  (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. KUCINICH. Gore Vidal called it ``Perpetual War for Perpetual 
Peace.''
  The administration's unrestricted use of drones has taken us into 
undeclared wars in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan, and who knows where 
else, destroying not only alleged militants, but making a direct hit on 
international law and the U.S. Constitution.
  Drone strikes are killing militants now identified as males of 
fighting age. What are the rules? Trust us. What are the legal 
justifications? Trust us. Haven't 350 civilians been killed, innocents? 
Trust us, we're told.
  No transparency, no accountability--until now, no Congress.
  The Constitution requires Congress to weigh in and demand information 
and legal justification for drone strikes. That's in my letter to the 
administration. Drone strikes, absent a constitutional basis, sanctions 
the wholesale slaughter of innocents. One nation's drones over another 
nation's airspace is an act of war. With 50 nations exploring the 
development of drones--a $100 billion business--we cannot permit this 
Nation to further incite perpetual war for perpetual peace.

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