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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Nov-01-07 11:58 PM
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Kucinich: Rumsfeld memos target Iran (Press release)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Public disclosure of private memos from former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld provides further evidence, from the highest level, that the Bush Administration has been targeting Iran for aggression for longer than previously acknowledged, Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich said today.

Rumsfeld, one of the architects and chief advocates of the war against Iraq, wrote in one memo, "Iraq is only one battleground," according to revelations in today's Washington Post. In other memos, termed "snowflakes" by Administration officials, Rumsfeld wrote of the need to "keep elevating the threat," and "link Iraq to Iran," according to the newspaper account. Further, the Post reported, Rumsfeld argued, " ... if we fail in Iraq, it will advantage Iran," in an April 2006 memo.

"From the Oval Office on down, this Administration has been targeting Iran as the next domino it wants to topple," Kucinich said today. "They used lies and deceit to take this nation into war, and they have been fabricating justifications to launch a second war against Iran. The criminality of these actions must be addressed by the Congress of the United States of America."

Congressman Kucinich, (D-OH), introduced Articles of Impeachment against Vice President Richard B. Cheney earlier this year for his role in laying the groundwork for the Iraq war. In recent weeks, Kucinich has argued that not only Cheney, but also President Bush and other top-ranking members of the Administration must be held accountable for possible crimes under the Constitution, the UN Charter, and international treaties.

"The Congress has abrogated its responsibility to hold this President and his Cabinet accountable for the deaths of thousands of brave U.S. military men and women and more than one million innocent Iraqi civilians," Kucinich said. "We have a moral obligation and the Constitutional authority to end this war and stop the President from bombing this nation into another war with Iran."

"The Congress is not doing its duty, and the other Presidential candidates are failing to exhibit leadership in addressing this threat of yet another war," Kucinich said. It is possible that the impeachment resolution may reach the House floor as soon as next week.

Kucinich for President 2008

http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,214227.shtml
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magellan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 12:35 AM
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1. Saw about this on Countdown tonight
Rummy's "snowflake" bs, not about Kucinich...although he's the only person in Congress I support 100% anymore. Simply because he says what needs to be said, and does what needs to be done, regardless of whether it has a snowflake's chance in hell of being heard or succeeding.
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 01:12 AM
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3. Now who would send a snowball to hell?
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lonestarnot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 01:10 AM
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2. Right fucking on maybe by next week! DKDKDKDKDKDKDKDKDK
WOOT!
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 01:18 AM
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4. Neo-con madness . . . and seems to have been with us for a long, long time ---
These people have been working their insanities behind the scenes for decades ---
Trying to restart the Cold War -- and stop dismantling of arms --- stop peace movements --

And they will take it all the way into outer space if we don't stop them soon -- STAR WARS --
militarizing the skies ---


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