Kucinich on WikiLeaks: ‘American people have a right to know’

By Muriel Kane
Friday, October 22nd, 2010 -- 7:57 pm
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) responded to the WikiLeaks release on Friday with a statement saying, "We need a true accounting of the war in Iraq. The American people have a right to know how many innocent civilians were killed in a war based on lies."

"We must remember that the Iraqi people are still grieving over the loss of husbands, wives, sons and daughters who were innocent noncombatants," Kucinich stated. "We have a moral responsibility to acknowledge the massive loss to the people of Iraq and the world. ... The suffering of the Iraqi people is unfathomable."

Kucinich has been a consistent voice speaking out against the war in Iraq and the loss of civilian lives in that nation under both Republican and Democratic administrations. According to his own website, "On October 14, 2005, Rep. Kucinich wrote Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to request a copy of all Pentagon records pertaining to Iraqi civilian casualties. While the Pentagon maintained that it does not keep a list of civilian casualties, there has been abundant evidence to indicate the contrary. Rep. Kucinich still has not received such records."

Last August, Rep. Kucinich challenged the notion that the Obama administration's withdrawal of 50,000 troops constituted an actual end to combat operations.

"Who is in charge of our operations in Iraq now?" he asked. "George Orwell? A war based on lies continues to be a war based on lies. Today, we have a war that is not a war, with combat troops who are not combat troops. ... This is not the end of the war; this is simply a new stage in the campaign to lull the American people into accepting an open-ended presence in Iraq."

Comment:

There is no accountability for anything anymore. I am still surprised Bernie M. went to jail for fraud. As for the rest, this is why it was being kept quiet. Because not only did our NEWLY MINTED TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT want it kept secret for political reasons. But mostly so the war could continue to roll along despite the fact that the majority of Americans from both sides think it sucks.

War is what we do. It is now who we have become. And to be against war is of course, to be un-American and anti the troops. War is a growth industry. And it employs the best minds to invent the most wonderful weapons. The fact that the technology is only for death, and the treasure is only for weapons and not our country, and without the continual chaos of war, what would all those men in the Pentagon do?

War is peace. Or haven't you heard that one? We bring democracy to people that don't want it. And not by example, but at the point of a gun. And with continual war, we are not only poorer in every way, but we have lost our moorings as civilized human beings. But what the hell, we have to be good at something. And since we don't educate, since we do not enlighten the world in anyway, and since we are determined to become the slaves of the rich, we really don't need all the trappings of a civilized society. And the idea of peace, prosperity and all that goes with it, is for suckers in other parts of the world. Not us.

WE will perish for this philosophy and we deserve no less.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/kucinich-wikileaks-american-people/