As 25 More US Troops Die in Iraq on Saturday, Kucinich Appeals to Bush to Rethink Escalation

[The Sushi Bandit]

Washington DC (Jan. 21) - US Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (Dem. OH) today called upon President Bush to rethink his policy of escalation in Iraq in the wake of the deaths of 25 more US servicemen in Iraq on Saturday, 12 in a helicopter crash and 5 in combat in Karbala. The deaths marked the third highest number of combat related US mortalities in Iraq on any given day since the start of the war. The President is preparing 21,500 more troops to send to the region to quell the rising insurgency.

"The President must see that emerging events argue strongly against an escalation. This is the time for an honest reappraisal, not a headlong surge over a cliff. The Administration is sending a procession of troops to their deaths on a mission impossible for a cause improbable. It is urgent that the President change his direction and begin to deescalate the war and bring our troops home alive," Kucinich said.

Last week Kucinich presented Congress with a 12-point plan which called for the United States to end the occupation, withdraw all troops and close all military bases in Iraq, simultaneous with reaching out to the world community for help in building an international security and peacekeeping force in Iraq.

"When the US indicates a new policy which renounces the occupation and unilateralism, the world will be ready to help." Kucinich said.


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Dear Friends,

Congress must stop funding the war. The money is there right now to bring the troops home and to set the rest of my plan in motion, which would stabilize Iraq and set the stage for peace in the region.

My plan is the only plan that has been presented by a member of congress which can be implemented quickly and facilitate the rapid withdraw of our troops.

It is time for congress to step up with constitutional responsibility to bring an end to the war. Unfortunately, every other member of congress who is running for president, who now says he or she opposes the war, have actually voted to fund it 100% of the time. It is simply not credible for anyone to say that he or she opposes the war, yet votes to fund it. Join me on the 27th of January at the peace march in Washington DC.

Thank you,

Dennis J Kucinich

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