Interview with Dennis Kucinich; "Fear is not a basis to run a government in a Democracy."

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Interview with Dennis Kucinich; "Fear is not a basis to run a government in a Democracy."

by Rob Kall



I interviewed Dennis Kucinich about the details of a plan to refuse to fund the war. What would it look like? He replied with the quote in the title in answer to my comment that Democrats are not refusing to fund the war because they are afraid the Republicans will accuse them of refusing to fund the troops. Here's the transcript of the interview:

RK= Rob Kall

DK= Dennis Kucinich

RK:I'm running a piece on what things would look like if congress refused to fund the war any further.

DK: THis is the way the war can end. The leadership of the house goes to the president and tells the president, "we're not going to provide the funds for the war anymore." That he has to use the money he has in the defense budget to bring the troops and the equipment home. Thatwould cost about $5-10 billion and the money is there to do that now.

Concurrent with that has to be the creation of an internation security and peacekeeping force that would move in as our troops leave. That's what would have to happen. That's the plan that I'm promoting.

RK: What kind of the support do you have for it?

DK: Nationally, tremendous support for it, but in the congress, congress is temporizing on the issue of the war. There is no majority will being expressed here. The leadership has refused to challenge the president directly. Instead, what they're saying is that they don't have the votes to end the war, when in fact, you don't need the votes to end the war. There's an approach being taken that I really disagree with.

RK: DO you have an support in the house, for this?

DK: I think there are probably a couple of dozen members who would generally agree with what I'm saying.

But the leadership has made it very clear that they are not going to cut off funds. They made it clear that they are not going to tell the president that they are not going to fund it. They are going to keep funding it and keep funding it under the notion that notion-- under the fatal notion that this is the way to support the troops.

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http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_rob_kall_071025_interview_with_denni.htm

[bonito]

1. Kucinich the voice of the majority

Pure and simple.

[hootinholler]

2. Keep on plugging away Dennis! n/t

[lonestarnot]

3. Yes. Ridiculous cowards!