Bush Admin... Pushes United States Closer To War With Iran

http://kucinich.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=81530

"Washington, Jan 9 - Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) released the following statement after President Bush ratcheted up rhetoric in a news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert this morning, further setting the stage for a war with Iran:

The President said, “Iran is a threat to world peace and that the United States would continue to keep pressure on the Iranians.” However, a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) report released just last month reaffirmed Iran does not have an active weapons program.

“After using lies and deception to lead us to war in Iraq, the belligerent Bush Administration is doing the same with statements that suggest a preemptive attack on Iran is necessary to avoid a larger war,” Kucinich said.

Today’s press conference comes on the heels of numerous news reports that state the United States fabricated video and audio footage showing Iranian boats confronting U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf.

“If the Bush Administration were truly intent on understanding the facts of the January 6 incident, they would spend their time in the Middle East and hold high-level diplomatic talks with Iranian leaders instead of degrading the diplomatic relations further with bellicose rhetoric.

“The Bush Administration is so intent on starting another war, they will stop at nothing. They will use this incident as a green light to go to war with Iran,” Kucinich said.

Iranian officials reject the footage as fake and accused Washington of trying to stir up tension in the region. The video from Sunday’s incident shows small Iranian boats swarming around U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the Associated Press, the man in the recording speaking in heavily accented English threatened, “I am coming to you. … You will explode … minutes.”

“It is time to stop using war as an instrument of foreign policy. It didn’t work with Iraq and it won’t work with Iran,” Kucinich concluded.

Kucinich has consistently spoken out against the Administration’s drumbeat of war targeting Iran. He has given more than 70 speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2007."

warned against war with Iran.

Have the other current candidates commented?

for an American audience. This exact same story has been repeated since last Saturday..every day. another article saying the same fucking thing. It's just like some posters here..the only words that are changed are the variations of "Threat".

guess we have an agenda in the ME that we need to keep.

:(

how many other voices will be 'silenced'? It's getting really bad. Looking for legitimate news is taking longer with every search.

that some have allowed themselves to believe are important in the big picture.

Too many have been silenced already :(


http://therealnews.com/web/index.php?thisdataswitch=0&thisid=778&thisview=item

"DENNIS KUCINICH: Well, when people decide that they really want to win—this isn't about which candidate wins. Yes, the winner may go on to be president. But the question is what do you win if you're for a not-for-profit health care system, and you're instrumental in electing someone who isn't? What do you win if you are for getting out of Iraq immediately, and you're instrumental in electing someone who doesn't want to do that? And so you see the direction this goes in. This isn't just about me. People have to have the courage of their convictions. We can have the world we want if we vote for the world we want. If we vote for something other than what we want just on the basis of somebody looks like they might be winning, then we're not even making our own decisions.

JAY: There are two different dialogues going on in this campaign. One dialogue's about change versus experience, and the other dialogue, whether it's coming from a Dennis Kucinich or Ron Paul or Mike Gravel, is using words like “soft fascism,” “empire.” The two campaign dialogues, never the twains do meet. There's a wall between them.

KUCINICH: Well, the truth of the matter is we're losing our nation to war based on lies, destruction of our civil liberties, the massive debt, borrowing money from China to pay for the war against Iraq. And I think that we have to understand that the price that's being paid is the price of our democracy. We are moving towards fascism. There's no question about it. So are we looking for a Democratic form of fascism as compared to a Republican form of fascism? Or are we looking for a profound return to the basic principles of our democracy? So our campaign really seeks to help connect people with those basic principles. And, here again, if someone wants a candidate who will firmly stand for civil liberties, who says the president or vice president ought to be impeached for violating the constitution, ought to be prosecuted for violating US law, then I'm not only that candidate, but what I'm doing is talking about raising the moral tone of this country so that leaders will have to abide by the highest principles.

reality vs. fantasy...I really need to work at it these days....

This is a big reason why.

24/7

He says things the other candidates can't or won't.

what he says.

We may know, but most citizens do not.

Many who could speak out say nothing, until it is safe.

Gulf of Tonkin, 2008 style. Gulf War III, here we come.

out a in detailed manner as it could hurt their chances of being elected.