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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Democratic presidential hopeful Congressman D.Kucinich of Ohio, greets friend and campaign supporter Tim Reynolds, a guitarist who plays with the Dave Matthews and Friends band, during a rally at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, on Saturday, January 31st. Reynolds performed before Kucinich spoke at the rally.
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YOU SAY YOU WANT CHANGE
How Much Change Do You Want?
Do you want a candidate who disagrees with President Bush on continuing the war in Iraq, on maintaining NAFTA and the WTO, on keeping the for-profit health insurance system in place? Dennis Kucinich takes on the challenges we face today so we can have a better tomorrow.
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Important Upcoming Events Throughout The US
1) February 15th ... Global Vigil for Peace ... Take a stnad for peace on Sunday, February 15th, the one-year anniversary of the historic day when more than 15 million people around the world took to the streets to protest the Iraq war. Organize a candlelight vigil at dusk in your community to show your commitment to peaceful and just solutions to conflict. Gather at a busy intersection, or in front of your local Armed Forces recruitment station, or in your towns main square. Vigils are already being planned for cities across the US and around the world. Show this evil US government that "we the people" want peace on earth.
2) March 20th ... Global Day of Action-The World Still Says NO To War ... Momentum is building across the globe for the Global Day of Action against War and Occupation on Saturday, March 20th. The one-year anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. On that day people all around the globe will take to the streets to say YES to peace and NO to pre-emptive war and occupation. Joining with growing numbers of military families and soldiers, we will call for an end to the occupation of Iraq and Bushit's militaristic foreign policies. March 20th will be the first time the world's "other superpower" will take center stage since February 15th. Band together cause "we the people" can make a difference.
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The S Factor Explains Bush's Popularity
By Neal Starkman
Seattle PI News
[By the way, S stands for Stupid]
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/155107_firstperson05.html
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