Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza

[kpete]

Kucinich on the Destruction of the UN Headquarters in Gaza
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2009-01-15 16:09.

Washington D.C. (January 15, 2009) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made the following statement about the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza on the House Floor:

“The attack on the United Nations headquarters in Gaza is further proof that a post-legal era in world affairs has taken shape; where law and moral principles are irrelevant, where might makes right, where retribution and vengeance, even against innocent children, fails to shake us from moral lethargy or political paralysis.

“Collective punishment, disproportionate use of force, using U.S. planes, helicopters and munitions to attack a wounded, starved and thirsty civilian population of mostly children trapped in a box called Gaza has become acceptable, perhaps because we have already accepted the deaths of over one million innocent civilians in Iraq in a war based on lies.

“There is a way out. We must ask those who were given our armaments for defense to stop the aggression, end the blockade, end the occupation, and reconnect with the high sentiments that rallied their own suffering, wounded people to nationhood generations ago. When we recognize the humanitarian disaster in Gaza, when we come to grips with the reality of suffering on both sides, we may yet find a way to save ourselves.

http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/39011

[bunnies]

1. K&R.

:cry: Dennis is the only one in congress who gets it.

[Greyhound]

2. Conscious, purposeful mass murder.

K&R

[slipslidingaway]

3. K&R :( n/t

[malaise]

4. Bravo Dennis

K & R

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[slipslidingaway]

6. Olmert "We were attacked from that place..."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7831870.stm

"...Mr Olmert met Mr Ban and apologised for the attack, but blamed it on Palestinian fighters firing from the UN site.

"It is absolutely true that we were attacked from that place, but the consequences are very sad and we apologise for it," he said.

"I don't think it should have happened and I'm very sorry."

[Kalyke]

7. Whatever.

:eyes:

[slipslidingaway]

11. Probably a different story tommorrow, similar to the school

bombing.

:(

[Chulanowa]

10. What hogwash

He's telling Ban "Well, your guys let fighters target us so we killed 'em"? If I were Ban, I'd slap Olmert's jowls off.

[slipslidingaway]

12. Yes and Israel is losing lots of goodwill around the world. n/t

[crikkett]

17. Yeah, just like they were attacked from the girls' school? More weak Bullshit.

[TahitiNut]

8. Just part of why I remain a Kucinich supporter. He's a consistent voice for liberalism.

Bravo, Dennis! :applause:

[truedelphi]

9. Every man and woman serving in Congress who has fed themselves at the

AIPAC trough is truly accountable for this massacre.

[slipslidingaway]

13. ..... n/t

[Dragonfli]

14. K&R - nt......

[treestar]

15. good there is somebody who can tell it like it is

Dennis rocks!

[New Dawn]

16. K&R