Upstate NY Congressman Maurice Hinchey Accuses President Bush of Committing "Massacre" in Iraq

Office of Rep. Maurice Hinchey

[governsleastgovernsbest]

What you will find below is not a rant from the Iraq Ministry of Propaganda, or the wailings of a tenured professor at one of our institutions of "higher learning." Rather, it is a statement by a Member of Congress, who represents a moderate district equally divided among Republicans and Democrats.

Read it and be enraged.

Congressman Maurice D. Hinchey Representing New York's 22th Congressional District

March 22, 2003

Dear Friends,

We are witnesses to a watershed moment in the history of the American republic. It is too soon to know how this will turn out, but it is very clear that the Bush Administration has radically changed the way our country behaves at home and in the world, and consequently, how others regard us. In just two years the Bush Administration has deconstructed the American economy, the nation's civil liberties, and our environmental protection. They have unilaterally withdrawn from the International Ballistic Missile Treaty, abandoned our European friends on the issue of global warming and walked away from the International Criminal Court.

And now, contrary to International Law and against every decent instinct, we are engaging in what will come to be seen as a massacre in Iraq on the basis of the "Bush Doctrine" of preemption, which allows the United States to attack any other country anytime we want and for whatever reason the President feels is justified.

Last week, Mr. Bush at his press conference said he would insist on a vote in the United Nations Security Council on going to war in Iraq, declaring that he wanted all members to "show their cards" on the issue. But this week that has changed. All the bribery and bullying did not bring us close to the nine votes needed for a Security Council sanction. So we have gone to war without it. History will include the United Nations as part of the "collateral damage" of Mr. Bush's war. Is it any wonder that we have generated so much ill will in the rest of the world?

The criminal attacks of September 11, 2001, for all their horror and tragedy still provided us an unusual opportunity for insight and self-examination. They caused us to ask ourselves "why"? Why does anyone hate us so much as to do this to us and to themselves? It was a natural and intensely human response and it was being asked by people of every status and station.

If President Bush and his advisors had stayed with that question we would all be better off today. We would not be attacking a country that had nothing to do with the attack against us. We could have retained the support then gladly given by almost every country around the world. -- Remember the headline in the Paris Daily? "We are all Americans now!" -- And most importantly, we would be in a position to lead the world to a better and safer place. But rather experiencing an epiphany, we are in danger of becoming a pariah.

In the next few days and weeks the Bush Administration will focus its attention on dissent at home. They will try to make it seem that criticism of their policy in Iraq shows disloyalty to our country and to our armed forces in the field. We must not fall victim to that trap.

We can support our military men and women and do all we can to insure their safety and security wherever they are sent, at the same time we oppose the policy that sent them. Dissent is the essence of democracy. We must always be free to speak our minds on the critical issues of the day, no matter how lonely or isolated that position may seem at any moment.

Sincerely,

Maurice D. Hinchey

[The Wizard]

how do these people get elected

[Illbay]

The likelihood is that this "downed pilot" is an Iraqi propaganda story, staged for TV.

[FreedomPoster]

No they aren't - staged Iraqi propaganda event.

[Maelstrom]

I heard him on the radio...he had a slip of the tongue during his diatribe.

"...going into Iraq will have severe consequences here in the US that we hope...er...fear will happen."

The local radio talkshow host said to give him the benefit of the doubt. This moron obviously has his head in the sand. The Iraqi massacre is so severe in Baghdad that it's been totally ignored as traffic jams of people going about their daily routine is captured on film.

The massacre of Iraqis is so severe throughout the rest of the nation that the UN is joking about crossing the Jordanian border to go recruit refugees.

The guy needs to be fired.

[Quix]

soiling his own nest!

Enjoy your laughter!

I throw a lot out off the cuff.

[Maelstrom]

Gimmie a link Pretty Please?

Something I can use to get this moron fired? A simple allegation isn't enough.

[Maelstrom]

I've moved into the area...I will *CREATE* consequences.

[Quix]

Am really not that concerned about the ratings on my writing skills.

I have enough encouragements and affirmations in my life on such scores.

But I enjoy ranting about Dillbo and Bwitch Shrillary.

[nicmarlo]

The guy needs to be fired.

I agree; so do many others....but until I started doing some research on a few of these Rats, I was unaware how anti-American they really are.

[goldstategop]

We just learned it was and that's a relief. Still how a Congressman can accuse the President of committing a massacre in Iraq is beneath comment.

[Maelstrom]

All right...help me expose this guy locally.

[chainsaw]

I would suggext Congressman Maurice D. Hinchey join the troops in Iraq and give us a first hand report Of the real truth that he expounds.

[nicmarlo]

I will.....I live upstate.....but I will be posting info on 13 members of congress.....I've been working on this project for about a week.....I'm trying to gather as much information as is feasibly possible about what each one is doing, individually, and as a group.....I'm hoping to post within a week......I want my post to be as thorough and as accurate as possible. I also want its appearance to be easily read--not put people on "overload" with all the information (which I think is necessary)....so, it's taking time....I'll ping you when I'm done.

[governsleastgovernsbest]

You're very welcome. Please be sure to ping me once you post your project.

[nicmarlo]

will do.

[Dutch Boy]

This war might have an unintended side affect. We will now have on record the words and writtings of several un-american elected officials. We should thank them for the gift so close to the election. Time to purge the government.
Remember, after the fall of the USSR and the files were looked at, we discovered that McCarthy was right.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

What do they put in the drinking water in New York state?

This is not a UNITED states of America with traitorous bastards like this speaking against a war being fought by brave men and women from this idiot's own state while be blows smoke back home. You expect this from terrorists and external enemies.

I believe this country cannot survive as a single entity when we have members of congress such as this turncoat openly betraying their own nation's fighting forces.

[OldSmaj]

DUummy alert!

Signed up 03-23-2003.

You won't last long, boy.

Might as well pack it up and go on back to Batcrap, er, uh, Barslop, uh, Biffbop, whatever the hell he calls himself, or back to your masters at Dumbshits Underground.

Idiot.

You people are disgusting.

You rejoice in the loss of any US serviceman, you display banners advocating your support of any troops that shoot their own officers, you believe the improbable propaganda that your idiot writers and politicians spew...and on and on.

I visit your sites on occasion and always leave feeling as though I've dipped my hand in a pile of dog shit.

[mdmathis6]

Binhamtonians didn't vote for hinchey....his district was gerrymandered in the 1990's so that it included very liberal Ithaca and very Liberal Catskill(Liberty and Monticello) towns and regions. When the votes are broken down...Binghamton, Owego,Candor, Broome County and Tioga regions always go Republican. Ithaca and the downstate regions always go Democrat...ie Hinchey. There was new redistricting so Hinchey's districts have changed...where I am in Candor, our new congressman is Boelert(R) who is a RINO of the worst description.