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iconoclastNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:50 PM
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Not authorized.
"Because we did not authorize the invasion of Iraq.
We did not authorize the invasion oF iran.
We did not authorize the invasion of NOrth Korea.
We did not authorize the bombings of civilians in Afghanistan.
We did not authorize permanent detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
We did not authorize the withdrawal from the Geneva Convention.
We did not authorize military tribunals suspending due process and habeas corpus.
We did not authorize assassination squads.
We did not authorize the resurrection of COINTELPRO
We did not authorize the revocation of the Constitution
We did not authorize national identity cards.
We did not authorize the eye of Big Brother to peer from cameras throughout our cities.
We did not authorize an eye for an eye.
Nor did we ask that blood of innocent people, who perished on September 11, be avenged with the blood of innocent villagers in Afghanistan.
We did not authorize the administration to wage war anytime, anywhere, anyhow it pleases.
We did not authorize a permanent war economy.
We did not authorize war without end."

Dennis Kucinich
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 02:51 PM
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1. So Dennis is saying that the * cabal has participated in
crimes against the United States?

Sounds like Treason to me!! I am just saying....
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 06:52 PM
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2. And the penalty for high treason is a favorite of shrubby.
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MH1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 07:16 PM
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3. Thank you Dennis.
Edited on Fri Mar-03-06 07:17 PM by MH1
So he is saying that IWR was not "authorization for war"! Excellent. About time Dems stood together on that.

Dennis Kucinich,

:yourock:

:toast:
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Greeby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 08:18 PM
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5. Well, he gave the speech that this is taken from in early 2002
nt
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MissMarple Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-03-06 07:55 PM
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4. K&R Too bad it doesn't fit on a bumper sticker.
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