Dennis Kucinich: “Thank you, Mr. Murtha, and the Out of Iraq Caucus. The President will not bring an end to this war. He says it is a…”

“Thank you, Mr. Murtha, and the Out of Iraq Caucus. The President will not bring an end to this war. He says it is a decision for the next President. But he is building permanent bases in Iraq, and he is determined to keep 50,000 troops in Iraq into the distant future. This Congress may not bring an end to this war because the real power to end the war is in a cutoff of funds. Congress keeps appropriating funds in the name of the troops, and the troops will stay in Iraq instead of coming home. Only the American people can bring an end to this war as they brought an end to the Vietnam War. Let this be a time of stirring of civic soul. It is a time for a reawakening of civic conscience. There were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but there are WMDs in D.C. Lies are weapons of mass destruction. 2,500 soldiers dead. Over 10,000 Iraqis, innocent Iraqis have died. It is time for an end to our national sleepwalk to the graveyard of the Iraq war. It is a time for truth, a time for clarity, a time for action, a time for teach-ins, for meet-ups, for marches, for rallies about the war to begin at college campuses, at churches, at labor halls, at libraries.…”