"Who Is In Charge...Orwell?" - Kucinich on WikiLeaks: ‘American people have a right to know’

[kpete]

Kucinich on WikiLeaks: ‘American people have a right to know’

By Muriel Kane
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 -- 7:57 pm

Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) responded to the WikiLeaks release on Friday with a statement saying, "We need a true accounting of the war in Iraq. The American people have a right to know how many innocent civilians were killed in a war based on lies."

"We must remember that the Iraqi people are still grieving over the loss of husbands, wives, sons and daughters who were innocent noncombatants," Kucinich stated. "We have a moral responsibility to acknowledge the massive loss to the people of Iraq and the world. ... The suffering of the Iraqi people is unfathomable."

Kucinich has been a consistent voice speaking out against the war in Iraq and the loss of civilian lives in that nation under both Republican and Democratic administrations. According to his own website, "On October 14, 2005, Rep. Kucinich wrote Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to request a copy of all Pentagon records pertaining to Iraqi civilian casualties. While the Pentagon maintained that it does not keep a list of civilian casualties, there has been abundant evidence to indicate the contrary. Rep. Kucinich still has not received such records."

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"Who is in charge of our operations in Iraq now?" he asked. "George Orwell? A war based on lies continues to be a war based on lies. Today, we have a war that is not a war, with combat troops who are not combat troops. ... This is not the end of the war; this is simply a new stage in the campaign to lull the American people into accepting an open-ended presence in Iraq."

more:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/kucinich-wikileaks-american-people/

DAMN STRAIGHT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW!!!
kpete

[druidity33]

1. God Bless that man. K&R. nt.

[mikelgb]

2. k+r

[flvegan]

3. We need more folks in Congress like Dennis.

[Gabi Hayes]

4. too bad he gets as much garbage thrown at him here as he does at the place that

shall not be named.

[Desertrose]

5. Yeah it's crazy. Makes no sense either especially at a DEM site....

Love that man!!

[flvegan]

6. Yep.

[MuseRider]

7. K&R

[tomp]

8. we should be mourning their military deaths, too.....

....because their country was illegally and unjustifiably invaded. any and all iraqi citizens, military or civilian, had every right to defend themselves against the u.s. imperialist invasion.

[krabigirl]

9. Go Dennis!

[kentuck]

10. I agree with Dennis?

Who is Obama or anyone else to think they have a right to keep this information from the people??

[felix_numinous]

11. It is a travesty

how the media has gone after his character, for merely telling the truth in plain English. Even truth is political these days.

[G_j]

12. a war based on lies continues to be a war based on lies

:applause:

[LWolf]

13. That's a Democrat who represents

change I can believe in.

[femrap]

14. Two thirds of those killed in

Iraq were civilians. I say the warriors go back to hand-to-hand combat and leave the rest of us alone.....oh, forgot, the war mongers like fancy machinery because it makes them rich....they can sell to both sides and have more and more money. Plus, they're sadists and like seeing innocent people's blood.

War is a racket.