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On the recordJuly 22, 2002
news accounts indicate that hundreds upon hundreds of innocent Afghans have been killed by mistakes by U.S. war planes. Stop the bombing. We have no quarrel with the Afghan people. The Taliban are overthrown. Al Qaeda has fled. bin Laden has vanished, and yet the bombs still drop indiscriminately. Is there any American who has not been shaken at the mere thought of the horror of U.S. war planes bombing a wedding celebration in the village of Kakrak killing dozens of civilians? Whatever moral authority our Nation has had at the beginning of the conflict is rapidly being lost. This act does not represent America. Democracy does not wed terror. This act must not be cloaked in the irresponsible and inhuman euphemism of 'collateral damage.' Stop the bombing. Let an international police force continue in Afghanistan. Let the humble people of Afghanistan be spared friendly fire issued from the skies. Enough of the bombing of villages to save the villages. Stop the bombing.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Addressing the impact of U.S. bombing in Afghanistan and calling for an end to military actions.

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