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Dennis Kucinich: the credibility gap is growing. First the administration said the U.S. had to sweep aside the U.N. inspections and the…

On the recordJune 10, 2003
the credibility gap is growing. First the administration said the U.S. had to sweep aside the U.N. inspections and the Security Council because Iraq had weapons of mass destruction which were an imminent threat. No weapons have been found to justify the war. So why did we go to war? Now Paul Wolfowitz says, ``The truth is that for reasons that have a lot to do with the U.S. Government bureaucracy, we settled on the one issue that everyone could agree on which was weapons of mass destruction as the core reason.'' Now their story is changing. Iraq had a weapons program, they say. No longer weapons of mass destruction but a program. Is this now the core reason? Bait and switch will not work here, nor will a pretense for war. If this administration can fabricate reasons for the war after the fact, where will America be headed for war next? Congress must demand accountability for the wanton exercise of war power, loss of life, destruction of property, waste of tax dollars, and damage to America's reputation.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Addressing the credibility of the administration's reasons for the Iraq War.

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