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 They have unilaterally withdrawn from the International Ballistic Missile Treaty, abandoned our European friends on the issue of global warming and walked away from the International Criminal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

[mdmathis6]

Binghamton, Broome and Tioga County didn't vote for him. The downstate portions of the 22nd district, who have greater numbers and are more Liberal did...don't blame Binghamton!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

In 1994, Bob Moppert easily carried Hinchey's home county of Ulster, and would have won the election but lost Binghamton's Broome County overwhelmingly.

By the way, Tompkins County has the misfortune of being represented by both Hinchey and RINO Boehlert!

[governsleastgovernsbest]

In 1994, Broome county DID vote for Hinchey, by a margin of about 7,000 votes, and that was more than the margin of Bob Moppert's defeat. Hinchey ran a massive TV ad campaign unfairly accusing Moppert of conflict of interest, and the Moppert campaign didn't realize the damage being caused till it was too late.

[Dahoser]

One way to expose him is how he'll respond to your call for a comment on the traitorous American Muslim who turned on his own company in the 101st Airborne. Get Maurice on the record excusing away this murderer and you're off to a good start.

[dighton]

Maurice D. Hinchey

A Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey churns out nonsense for Pravda. I wonder if he's related.

[mewzilla]

There are plenty of libs in Binghamton. It hasn't changed.

[tet68]

. History will include the United Nations as part of the "collateral damage" of Mr. Bush's war.

Every clod has a silver lining, this must be his.

[Maelstrom]

No need to go fishing for more information when the man's past is rife with anti-Americanism.

If he lands nearby, I'll slam him with easy questions the left find unanswerable.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Ithaca is the City of Evil.

[mewzilla]

Hinchey's stuck right up Hilliary's behind, too. HILLPAC just gave Hinchey $5,000 last May.

[surelyclintonsbaddream]

bump

[Dustbunny]

What an thoroughly irresponsible and totally illogical statement.

[Thom Pain]

"...how do these people get elected..."

American voters prefer to remain ignorant of history and ignorant of facts. (particularly true of the left...just go on what "feels" good.)

[Soaring Feather]

bump

[L`enn]

By having a large liberal college ,i.e. Cornell, in their District.

[cynicom]

Having worked in that area for many long years, having known many people from that area, from the upper class to the masses, from politicians to factory workers, I cannot agree. As a totality, the area is well left of center.

[Wil H]

What A total flake, this man's logic is beyond ridiculous.

He starts off with a litany of supposed actions that Bush has taken over two years to turn the world against us and then cites 9/11 as proof that everyone else hates us.

Well Duh! G.W. had only been in office 8 months when that happened, he sure as hell couldn't have that much effect that quickly now could he?

[TLBSHOW]

Thanks and I will look into this more!

[Darnright]

Mo-Rice forgot this little gem on his "official" web page:

"In wartime we Americans pull together. We support our troops and our leaders and we all try to do our part to ensure the war's successful conclusion."

This man is a horse's derriere of the first magnitude.

[Osage Orange]

You wrote:

".........a few of these Rats, I was unaware how anti-American they really are."

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

As so are vast numbers of regular everyday sheeple unaware of the mindset and foundations of their representatives......

It's really remarkable actually..how well the Demomarxistleftistsocialist's have hoodwinked their voters. A study in human nature, I suppose.

FRegards,