Dennis Kucinich Biography
Democratic Congressman from Ohio
Liberal Hall of Shame
The "Patriot Act" is not what American patriots have fought and died for.
http://www.kucinich.us/issues/civilliberties.php
Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-OH: "Afghanistan May Be An Incubator Of Terrorism But It Doesn't Follow That We Bomb Afghanistan ..." (Elizabeth Auster, "Offer The Hand Of Peace," (Cleveland, OH) Plain Dealer, 9/30/01)
RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman: 'Faux Outrage' NewsMax.com
Wires Friday, June 24, 2005
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2005/6/23/202013.shtml
What many of us feared before the Iraq War is now clear. We were repeatedly lied to in a cynical propaganda campaign to justify an illegal and immoral war.
There was not -- despite the two contrived bi-partisan panels set up to investigate pre-war intelligence -- an intelligence failure; it was a failure in honesty. We now know that there was a determination by the Bush Administration to wage war against Iraq even before 9-11 and that the attacks merely served as a pretext for war in Iraq.
I now use the word "lie" to describe administration statements before the war, because the top five administration officials "lied" at least 237 times in the year before the war.
It is very simple. The Bush administration gave its own word, not that of Bill Clinton or the French or Germans, that the evidence was ironclad.
Interestingly, the French and Germans never actually said that Saddam had weapons, as administration officials claim. They simply deferred to us because we swore on a stack of bibles that Saddam possessed WMDs.
Frankly, the imprisonment of Saddam Hussein is not worth the life of one American soldier.
America must return to its role as the most admired -- not hated -- nation. The doctrine of "pre-emption" must be retired, as well as the current aggressive, unilateralist foreign policy that makes our homeland less secure, not more. Our security will be enhanced by working with other nations and the UN, instead of acting like an Empire, arrogantly undermining international agreements such as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Biological and Chemical Weapons Conventions, the Small Arms Treaty, the International Criminal Court, and the Kyoto Climate Treaty.
http://www.kucinich.us/issues/iraq.php
It's time for our Party to show some backbone. It's time to stand for the repeal of the PATRIOT Act.
As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, I spoke against it, I voted against it, and I introduced legislation for its repeal.
Just 45 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks, President Bush rammed the "PATRIOT Act" through Congress with virtually no debate. This law poses an unprecedented threat to Americans' individual freedoms and is a violation of our civil liberties.
I believe the only way to stop these unconstitutional infringements on basic American freedoms is to revoke the exorbitant powers the PATRIOT Act has granted the government. I voted against the PATRIOT Act. I am working to repeal it.
http://www.kucinich.us/issues/patriot_act.php
How can a President say: "We do not torture" but reserve the right to do so? This type of deception and brutality is losing us essential and necessary friends all over the world.
The reality is that the United States has employed torture and has transported people to certain torture -- and perhaps death.
Nothing is more misleading -- or immoral -- than the use of the "ticking time bomb" scenario. Even if such a scenario existed -- which has yet to be documented -- does it justify wholesale torture and the brutalization of people we suspect could or might do something in the future?
http://www.kucinich.us/issues/torture.php
Twenty-one Member of Congress, led by Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), sent a letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell today in support of United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=28583
“Freedom, if it is to be obtained anywhere, must be advanced under the standard of truth. The Iraqis will not be handed freedom based on lies. Nor will our own nation preserve our own freedoms if we continue to accept the basis for our continued occupation of Iraq.
http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=28581
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