When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Monday, August 11, 2003
Daniel Patrick Welch has a letter from Dennis Kucinich to MoveOn.org subscribers in his archives. It includes part of a speech Kucinich made in California in Feb 2002, more than a year before the war with Iraq began. Here'sthe excerpt:
--Dennis Kucinich, a passionate, populist advocate of principled politics
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Peace prayer
Daniel Patrick Welch has a letter from Dennis Kucinich to MoveOn.org subscribers in his archives. It includes part of a speech Kucinich made in California in Feb 2002, more than a year before the war with Iraq began. Here'sthe excerpt:
Let us pray that our country will stop this war...
Because we did not authorize the invasion of Iraq.
We did not authorize the invasion of Iran.
We did not authorize the invasion of North Korea.
We did not authorize the bombing of civilians in Afghanistan.
We did not authorize permanent detainees in Guantanamo Bay.
We did not authorize the withdrawal from the Geneva Convention.
We did not authorize military tribunals suspending due process and habeas corpus.
We did not authorize assassination squads.
We did not authorize the resurrection of COINTELPRO.
We did not authorize the repeal of the Bill of Rights.
We did not authorize the revocation of the Constitution.
We did not authorize national identity cards.
We did not authorize the eye of Big Brother to peer from cameras throughout our cities.
We did not authorize an eye for an eye.
Nor did we ask that the blood of innocent people, who perished on September 11, be avenged with the blood of innocent villagers in Afghanistan.
We did not authorize the administration to wage war anytime, anywhere, anyhow it pleases.
We did not authorize war without end.
We did not authorize a permanent war economy.
--Dennis Kucinich, a passionate, populist advocate of principled politics
Palema
9:35 PM
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