Political Quotes

“So I was saying, Mr. Speaker, over 1 million innocent Iraqis died pursuant to the bloodshed and chaos that occurred during the Iraq war. How can anyone in public life who understands that not come into public forums and demand justice? This Nation was led to war based on lies. The U.S. has already lost 4,439 of our brave men and women. We've had over 33,000 troops wounded. There are casualties on all sides here. And certainly some of the nations who closed ranks with the Bush administration, their sons and daughters also suffered as well. It's hard to believe, though, that we could have known all that we knew in advance of passing the legislation and it was passed anyway; know all that we knew in advance of passing the legislation, the legislation's passed, and we go to war anyway; know all that we know today back then and still be in Iraq today, March 17, 2011. And I quoted to you at the beginning of this from Vice President Cheney 9 years ago. The Iraqis are still paying a price and so are the American people. I'm going to say something on this floor, Mr. Speaker, that seldom gets discussed here, and that is, that I sincerely believe that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Secretary Rumsfeld and others should be held accountable under international law for waging a war against people who had no quarrel with the United States of America at all. {time} 1610 There have to be international laws that have to be followed by U.S.…”