WMD: Dennis Kucinich Was Right

[redqueen]

http://www.kucinich.us/DennisKucinichWasRight.doc

Summary:

George W. Bush’s hand-picked weapons inspector, Dr. David Kay, testified before the Senate on Wednesday January 28, stating there are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He used his time before the Senate to place blame for the fact that Iraq had no WMDs on the American intelligence community. Further, he defended the Bush administration by stating that the White House itself never put forth exaggerated claims of the threat posed by Iraq, and that White House officials never pressured intelligence analysts to inflate the threat posed by Saddam Hussein’s regime.

Facts clearly on the record fly in the face of these claims. Since August 2002, the Bush administration stated time and again that Saddam Hussein posed an immediate threat to the security of the United States. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld created a group within the Pentagon, called the Office of Special Plans, to exaggerate the threat posed by Iraq. Vice President Dick Cheney, along with several individuals within and without the administration, personally pressured intelligence analysts to overstate the threat posed by Iraq. Before this administration took office, plans were being laid by future administration officials to invade Iraq.

The official tally, to date, stands at 519 American soldiers killed in Iraq, thousands of medical evacuations of American soldiers from Iraq, and nearly $200 billion spent on Iraq. There is no accurate count of the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed and wounded in the invasion, but every estimate runs into the thousands. No weapons promised by the administration, weapons which were the premise for this invasion, have been found.

Dennis Kucinich, in word and deed, has since September of 2002 stood against the claims made by the Bush administration about the threat posed by Iraq. He is the only candidate in this race to vote against the Iraq War Resolution. He has stated clearly, time and again, that the rhetoric of fear from the Bush administration about the threat posed by Iraq was baseless.

Dennis Kucinich was right.
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This is followed by a report containing a detailed history of the WMD issue.

[Desertrose]

1. yes...he was & is right...major announcement..

thought I heard there is going to be a big announcement/media event today from AZ.......

Hope I get to hear it...am driving the Peace walkers past the dangerous part of Oak Creek canyon today ... they are Walking for Peace in Sedona, Az today & tomorrow!!

Dennis rocks!

Peace
DR

[redqueen]

11. Any news yet?

Hope you check in after driving the Peace Walkers around... I'm curious!

:)

[jean]

2. so much of what Dennis Kucinich says is on target

and we enjoyed seeing him at the Dem Forum (c-span) on Sat.

The only thing is, when he sums things up by holding his hands out, like a priest giving the final benediction and says, "These are healing hands," he probably turns off more than a few folks.

[redqueen]

4. I missed that

three separate times! grr

However America is alone among industrialized nations in becoming more religious over time. All other western countries are becoming more secular. Maybe he's figuring that he can let his spiritual side show since this is the case. I dunno.

[IrateCitizen]

3. Of course he was, because he wasn't influenced by FEAR

Did you hear the interview with him on Democracy Now this morning? He came right out and said as much when directly asked by Amy Goodman why so many other Democrats voted for the War Resolution. He said that there votes were a result of the fear they felt at the time.

He also said that he actually feels good about his exclusion by the mainstream media -- because it actually helps prove the point that he's rocking the boat and taking on the establishment.

This is why I love everything that Dennis Kucinich stands for. He will stand up for what he thinks is right, without regard for his personal well-being. While it may not be the kind of approach that will succeed in national image-driven politics, it most certainly is the kind of spirit that will help sow the seeds for a blooming progressive renewal for America!

[redqueen]

8. No I didn't -- can't stream at work

Thanks for your comment about the movement his candidacy is starting. Accentuate the positive. :)

:kick:

[RichM]

5. Why this pointless obsession about mere issues of crucial importance?

It distracts rank & file Democrats from concentrating on their true function in the political process: yapping about Botox treatments, candidate wives, campaign dirty tricks, who-took-money-from-who scandals, whether a candidate is tall enough to look presidential, & other questions clearly more relevant to choosing a potential political leader.

What does it matter if the party chooses, say, a Kerry-Edwards ticket? Okay, maybe they both voted for war in Iraq & for the PATRIOT Act. Granted, there's a little problem there, for a so-called "opposition" party. But the important thing is, they're both tall, and Edwards is handsome & has a nice Southern accent.

This little Kucinich gnome is a disturbing pest. He keeps trying to focus on trivia like the US role in the world and how the costs of empire limit our domestic possibilities. This is s-o-o-o boring. He should be excluded from further debates, as the guardians of democracy at the New York Times recently recommended.

[rucky]

6. The Media: "Mr. Kucinich - you lost us at 'HELL-OO-O!'"

That one word from the first debate shoved him to the back row. It's a damn shame.

[redqueen]

7. Um, no.

His treatment from the media has nothing to do with any snarky comments made during debates. Nothing at all.

[diamondsoul]

9. That was also NOT the "first debate" by any stretch.

In fact it was about the 5th I'd seen since Dennis joined the race.

[diamondsoul]

10. I should note-

As soon as I volunteered to work for the campaign, I started watching C-span morning noon and night looking for a chance to heard Kucinich speak. It worked!:evilgrin:

[Terwilliger]

15. He should have done it like Sharpton..."HELL-o"

;-)

[redqueen]

12. Last minute kick

Not that anyone cares, of course.

It's only about to be the subject of an investigation, however biased.

:kick:

[Paulie]

13. Yeah, what's the point

It's only about an illegal war, with hundreds of american dead, thousands of civilian deaths.... and the DEMS who actually said and DID something against the whole freaking thing.

Anyone show any boobs today? :mad: Or get some botox for their boobs? :mad: :mad:

Isn't BoTox a weapon of mass destruction???

[snoochie]

19. That's about how I feel, too.

I'm so sick and tired of seeing stupid nonsense bandied around this site. Botox and boobs and hollering and good looks.

People are dying. They will continue dying, 'for years', if we listen to the 'frontrunners'. I don't. I listen to the candidate who will do what is necessary to bring our troops home ASAP! That means we give up control of the contracts! Is that too much for Kerry or Edwards or Dean to own up to? Even if soldiers' lives (and innocent Iraqi civilians' lives) are on the line?!

Doesn't anybody even care?!

[iowapeacechief]

14. Either DU doesn't want to discuss this, either, or...

...else everyone agrees. If so, let's get these other candidates on board. What would it cost them to praise DK for being right all along? Because he's no threat, right?

[Terwilliger]

16. they can praise him...but why?

It serves no purpose for the other candidates to acknowledge anything Kucinich does

[iowapeacechief]

18. Because it's not to late for them to be right, too.

They can cite his statements and point out that, in retrospect, it's clear he should have been heeded more. And then they can move toward adopting his plan for UN into Iraq and US out. Dennis has walked point, blazed the trail, run interference--choose your metaphor. The other candidates could at least start following suit. Are they STILL so afraid?

[David Zephyr]

17. Yes, Dennis Was Right.

Unfortunately, the media who cheered on this stupid war which is about to be a civil war, ridiculed the Congressman.

Fox Democrat Susan Esterich called him Mickey Mouse and laughed at him.

Of course, they laugh at Howard Dean and Wesely Clark, too.

And the NY Times, a big advocate of the WMD lie, has now told Kucinich and Sharpton to get out of the race...Notice, they did not tell Joe Lieberman to get out...but then, he supported their War, didn't he?

Dennis was right.