Kucinich statement on evacuation of Congress

[eridani]

"The enemy aggressor is always pursuing a course of larceny, murder, rapine and barbarism. We are always moving forward with high mission, a destiny imposed by the Deity to regenerate our victims while incidentally capturing their markets, to civilize savage and senile and paranoid peoples while blundering accidentally into their oil wells." - John Flynn, 1944

And another excellent question--


http://kucinich.us/archive/report/display.php?r=31&d=2005-05-13+09%3A46%3A13

In moments like Wednesday, we are one in support for each other's safety and well-being. Thankfully, it was an error by the pilot of a small plane.

The White House's response was telling: "We have to remember we are a Nation at war."

We are. But at war against Iraq. Iraq did not attack us. Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. We may well be proving that the best way to avoid a war is not to wage one.

Einstein said the significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them. Does the war against Iraq make us safer or less safe?

After spending $420 billion annually for the military and an additional $270 billion for the war in Iraq, why are we still running for the exits? Has the so-called war on terror made us less safe?

We all want safety and security for ourselves, our loved ones, our Nation, and the world. But there has to be a better way than war. One of our greatest Presidents, Franklin Roosevelt, knew this and he knew war. He concluded: "If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships, the ability of all peoples of all lands to live together and to work together in the same world at peace."

[Desertrose]

1. Nobody says it better or clearer than Kucinich

He cuts right through all the clutter to the heart of thr matter...

Oh eridani, HOW can we get this man out to the masses??

[eridani]

2. Progressive have to be an organized force--

--which does not continue to ignore electoral politics. The standard lefty line for the last 30 years has been that real politics is in the streets agitating for issues, and/or paying attention to your spiritual development and your personal footprint on earth's resources. Very true that those things are important, but you see where ignoring the nuts and bolts of elections has gotten us.