Dennis Kucinich: “Mr. Chairman, every Member in this Chamber is familiar with my position on the administration's actions in moving…”

“Mr. Chairman, every Member in this Chamber is familiar with my position on the administration's actions in moving towards war against Iraq. And I think that while we have our respective position, we should be careful not to expand the conflict which the United States finds itself in and not to take people who have been allies consistently for this country and turn them into something other than allies. The world community has differences with the United States and we are going to have to heal those rifts. But it is more than interesting to have Members standing up condemning the French when we would not be in this Chamber today if it was not for one of the heroes of the Revolutionary War whose image and picture looks upon our every action. I am talking about Lafayette. And we are familiar with Lafayette. Lafayette is not only a place in Indiana, Lafayette is one of the heroes of the American Revolutionary War. And the father of our country to my right, George Washington, and Marquis de Lafayette one of the great American and French statesmen, look upon us and watch these debates. We need to reconcile ourselves with all of the nations of the world who may be disagreeing with this administration. We cannot be standing here singling out Russia and France and China and Syria as if they are outside the world community, because when this war is over, we must be the repairers of the breach.”