Dennis Kucinich: “Mr. Speaker, when you listen to the debate, you can understand that we could be in Iraq for many, many years to come and…”

“Mr. Speaker, when you listen to the debate, you can understand that we could be in Iraq for many, many years to come and could expand the war beyond Iraq unless we take a new approach which places diplomacy as the path to peace. Mr. Speaker, our soldiers didn't lose the war. I maintain the war was lost the minute the White House fabricated a cause for war. The Bible says that which is crooked cannot be made straight, and our adventure in Iraq will prove the Bible was right. On the one hand, some of my friends do not believe in any timetable to withdraw from Iraq, which means we could stay in Iraq indefinitely; on the other hand, some of my friends believe in timetables, even nonbinding timetables, which means we could stay in Iraq indefinitely. I believe we are being presented with an insufficient choice. Congress is under no obligation to appropriate any more money for this war, yet we give the President $100 billion. We can best support the troops by using money that is in the pipeline to bring the troops home. I believe that is what the American people want. Nearly 200 people died in the carnage in Baghdad yesterday. We understand that the occupation is fueling the insurgency.”