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| Kucinich: Raid conducted to help McCain |
| 2008-10-30 |
| Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio) accused the White House Tuesday of orchestrating a raid on Syria to help the political fortunes of Republican presidential nominee John McCain. On Sunday American forces based in Iraq conducted a raid designed to strike a suspected senior Al Qaeda leader. Several civilians were killed, prompting the Syrian government to denounce the move as "brutal." In an interview on CNN, Kucinich questioned whether the raid was worth the price. "It's like saying, well, it's OK that we killed a million people in Iraq as long as we got Saddam Hussein," he said. "You have to have a sense of proportion about this stuff. And when innocent peoples' lives are on the line, you've got to make a judgment. Somebody needs to say why they did it." "I think that we should be concerned that our nation doesn't stand for international law," the Democrat added. "The fact that we're on the eve of an election, we're violating international law, creating an attack inside another nation, this can create the kind of crisis that helps to change the emotional climate of an election." After suggesting that the attacks had political motivations, Kucinich was asked directly if the Bush administration would conduct an "unnecessary raid" to help McCain. "Yes, I am saying that," Kucinich said. "I'm saying that they could do that. That's right." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #10 Steve - will the space aliens who dropped him off here ever come back to pick him up? Of course they will. The food in Cleveland is to die for. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-10-30 21:08 |
| #9 They're not that stupid, Steve. The aliens, I mean. |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-10-30 14:57 |
| #8 Every time Dennis opens his mouth, I have to wonder a) what on God's grey earth possessed the citizens of his district to vote for this lunatic and b) will the space aliens who dropped him off here ever come back to pick him up? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-10-30 13:52 |
| #7 (btw, hadn't seen the video at the link, basically guy explainig the cronyism involved in obama's entrance to Harvard). |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-30 12:43 |
| #6 Whaddid they do, capture friends of his supporters? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-30 12:40 |
| #5 Several civilians were killed, prompting the Syrian government to denounce the move as "brutal." Funny how this news agency takes Syrian government claims for granted, while prefacing what Uncle Sam says in the following format: "The US government claims". |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2008-10-30 09:45 |
| #4 That's like saying we launch the space shuttle to help Dennis with his UFO friends. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-30 08:55 |
| #3 Evil little troll. Crawl back under your bridge. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2008-10-30 08:41 |
| #2 Nah, Denny, if they'd wanted to help McCain, they'd of orchestrated another Gulf of Tonkin incident to start a war with Iran. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-10-30 06:11 |
| #1 "I'm saying that they could do that. That's right." That might be a very definitive statement there, Dennis. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-10-30 02:43 |