Posted on 11/15/2006 1:12:13 PM PST by edpc
Congressman Kucinich called Wednesday for cutting off funding of the Iraq war, as the surest way out of Iraq. His statements were made in an interview by Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman.
"I want to say that there's one solution here, and it's not to engage in a debate with the President, who has taken us down a path of disaster in Iraq, but it's for Congress to assume the full power that it has under the Constitution to cut off funds. We don't need to keep indulging in this debate about what to do, because as long as we keep temporizing, the situation gets worse in Iraq.
"We have to determine that the time has come to cut off funds. There’s enough money in the pipeline to achieve the orderly withdrawal that Senator McGovern is talking about. But cut off funds, we must. That's the ultimate power of the Congress, the power of the purse. That's how we'll end this war, and that’s the only way we’re going to end this war.
"We need to shift our direction."
"We have to take a whole new approach. We’re spending over $400 billion a year, money that's also needed for healthcare, for education, for job creation, for seniors. We have to take a new look at this. We need to be a strong country, but strength isn't only military. Strength is also the economic strength of the people, their chance to have good neighborhoods. We spend more money than all the countries of the world put together for the military.
"It's time for us to start to shift our vision about who we are as a nation, because if we don't do that -- we’re borrowing money right now to wage the war in Iraq. We’re borrowing money from China. We’re not looking at our trade deficit. We’re not looking at conditions, where people are going bankrupt trying to pay their hospital bills. We need to shift our direction, and the direction has to be away from the continued militarization of the United States society."
I found this article via Drudge, lest anyone think I'm cruising Lib websites by choice.
The biggest moron among the 'rats. Which is saying a lot.
This idiot is still in Congress?
I saw Kucinich on O'Reilly a few days ago. He was arguing that the liberals are now in the center.
I'm so glad that the democRATs support the troops.....
So many voters and non-voters to thank for bringing our country to this point. The point where someone like Kucinich has a fingers on our tax dollars.
Deja vu...all over again.
So many voters and non-voters to thank for bringing our country to this point. The point where someone like Kucinich has his fingers on our tax dollars.
That guy is pathetic.
Yep.
Some (non)voters I just talked to had no idea what they did when they didn't vote. They thought they were showing the President that he would pay for not supporting the real conservatives.
Look what they got. When I pointed it out, they just looked and me and said "Oh well, whatever!"
You're right, Dennis; as long as you stupid Marxists keep running your mouths about pulling a cut-and-run, the worse the situation gets. The terrorists watch the news, you know. They are emboldened by your support and we are all suffering for it here now. Attacks have significantly increased because of you stupid Democrats.
Shut the hell up, you lily-livered coward and crawl back under the rock from whence you came.
It would be funny if he weren't so serious and a part of the Congressional majority.
When haven't they believed liberalism was the center? They are delusional. Always have been, always will be.
Muslims are not capable of making democracy and freedom work (unless they have been secularized like the Kurds)Given that premise, the nation-building side of Iraq makes no sense. Lets leave immediately.
Kucinich is a certified nut case but there are a few RATS that'll go along with him now. The scary thing is they're already laying the ground work for cutting off funding and the new Congress isn't even in session yet.
It's hard to believe anybody would be saying things like this 40 years after the 60s if he were sober. He's not stoned, is he?
What must our troops in Iraq think? They must feel betrayed. How do you stop this from coming to pass.
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