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Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 08:03 PM by bvar22
In this piece, Craig Roberts says: "Having conned the UN, Congress, and the American people, the regime invaded Iraq under totally false pretenses and with totally false expectations. "
*The UN The UN was NOT fooled by bush*. The US went to Iraq without a UN resolution.
*Congress A majority of the Congress voted FOR the IWR, but over 150 Democrats voted NO. Bush didn't CON the Congress. Bush merely conned enough Democrats to pass the IWR. I believe that this is an important distinction. The American Public needs to KNOW that not ALL politicians are a part of the fascist regime, that some Democrats have the integrity, judgement, and courage to STAND against the political thugs. Check the votes. Many Democrats (and one Independent) have bravely stood AGAINST the the fascist takeover from the beginning.
*The American Public Some of us were NEVER fooled by bush*/NeoCons. IIRC, before the Iraq Invasion, some polls had the country evenly split. While there were supporters of the Invasion here at DU, they were a minority, and mostly tools of the DLC.
I believe that it is important to highlight this distinction. The NeoCons and their friendly CorpoMedia are perpetuating the meme the "everyone thought Iraq had WMD" as if this justified the Invasion. Many, MANY doubted the WMD claims, and millions more believed that IF Iraq had some degraded stockpiles of WMD, they lack a delivery system or the will to use them against the US.
AMERICA has not been LOST. America has been GIVEN AWAY with the help of those elected to represent us. It is important to identify those who have STOOD AGAINST the takeover, and to support them with donations and electoral support. There are several issues where our elected reps had to stand in the open and declare their true allegiances. One was the vote on the IWR!
The Democratic Party Honor Roll These Democrats should be remembered for their principled stand against the WAR Machine.
IWR
United States Senate
In the Senate, the 21 Democrats, one Republican and one Independent courageously voted their consciences in 2002 against the War in Iraq :
Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) Jeff Bingaman (D-New Mexico) Barbara Boxer (D-California) Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) Kent Conrad (D-North Dakota) Jon Corzine (D-New Jersey) Mark Dayton (D-Minnesota) Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) Bob Graham (D-Florida) Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) Jim Jeffords (I-Vermont) Ted Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) Carl Levin (D-Michigan) Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland) Patty Murray (D-Washington) Jack Reed (D-Rhode Island) Paul Sarbanes (D-Maryland) Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan) The late Paul Wellstone (D-Minnesota) Ron Wyden (D-Oregon)
Lincoln Chaffee (R-Rhode Island)
United States House of Representatives
Six House Republicans and one independent joined 126 Democratic members of the House of Represenatives:
Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii) Tom Allen (D-Maine) Joe Baca (D-California) Brian Baird (D-Washington DC) John Baldacci (D-Maine, now governor of Maine) Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) Xavier Becerra (D-California) Earl Blumenauer (D-Oregon) David Bonior (D-Michigan, retired from office) Robert Brady (D-Pennsylvania) Corinne Brown (D-Florida) Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Lois Capps (D-California) Michael Capuano (D-Massachusetts) Benjamin Cardin (D-Maryland) Julia Carson (D-Indiana) William Clay, Jr. (D-Missouri) Eva Clayton (D-North Carolina, retired from office) James Clyburn (D-South Carolina) Gary Condit (D-California, retired from office) John Conyers, Jr. (D-Michigan) Jerry Costello (D-Illinois) William Coyne (D-Pennsylvania, retired from office) Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) Susan Davis (D-California) Danny Davis (D-Illinois) Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon) Diana DeGette (D-Colorado) Bill Delahunt (D-Massachusetts) Rosa DeLauro (D-Connecticut) John Dingell (D-Michigan) Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) Mike Doyle (D-Pennsylvania) Anna Eshoo (D-California) Lane Evans (D-Illinois) Sam Farr (D-California) Chaka Fattah (D-Pennsylvania) Bob Filner (D-California) Barney Frank (D-Massachusetts) Charles Gonzalez (D-Texas) Luis Gutierrez (D-Illinois) Alice Hastings (D-Florida) Earl Hilliard (D-Alabama, retired from office) Maurice Hinchey (D-New York) Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas) Rush Holt (D-New Jersey) Mike Honda (D-California) Darlene Hooley (D-Oregon) Inslee Jackson (Il.) Jackson-Lee (TX) Johnson, E.B. Jones (OH) Kaptur Kildee Kilpatrick Kleczka Kucinich LaFalce Langevin Larsen (WA) Larson (CT) Lee Levin Lewis (GA) Lipinski Lofgren Maloney (CT) Matsui McCarthy (MO) McCollum McDermott McGovern McKinney Meek (FL) Meeks (NY) Menendez Millender-McDonald Miller Mollohan Moran (Va) Nadler Napolitano Neal Oberstar Obey Olver Owens Pallone Pastor Payne Pelosi Price (NC) Rahall Rangel Reyes Rivers Rodriguez Roybal-Allard Rush Sabo Sanchez Sanders Sawyer Schakowsky Scott Serrano Slaughter Snyder Solis Stark Strickland Stupak Thompson (CA) Thompson (MS) Tierney Towns Udall (NM) Udall (CO) Velazquez Visclosky Waters Watson Watt Woolsey Wu
The Democratic Party is a BIG TENT, but there is NO ROOM for those who advance the agenda of THE RICH (Corporate Owners) at the EXPENSE of LABOR and the POOR.
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