[HCCN] Kucinich: We cannot afford these wars

[Judy Robbins]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 10, 2009
2:40 PM

CONTACT: Congressman Dennis Kucinich
Nathan White (202)225-5871

“We Cannot Afford These Wars”
WASHINGTON - June 10 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today made  
the following statement against the war supplemental on the House floor:

“Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, had no intention or  
capability of attacking United States, had nothing to do with Al- 
Qaida’s role in 9/11, and each and every statement made by the  
previous administration in support of going to war turned out to be  
false.

“Yet here we are. A new administration and the same old war, with an  
expansion of the war in Afghanistan.  We cannot afford these wars. We  
cannot afford these wars spiritually.  They are wars of aggression  
and they are based on lies.  We cannot afford these wars financially.  
They add trillions to our national debt and destroy our domestic  
agenda. We cannot afford the human cost of these wars, the loss of  
lives of our beloved troops and the deaths of innocent civilians in  
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. So, why do we do this? Why do we  
keep funding wars when they are so obviously against truth and  
justice and when they undermine our military?  These are matters of  
heart and conscience, which must be explored. Our ability to bring an  
end to these wars will be the real test of our power.


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