Kucinich Demands Answers From Administration About US Troops In Iran, Sends Letter To The President
Originally posted by David Swanson
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH), Ranking Democrat on the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, sent the following letter to President George W. Bush today about the presence of US troops in Iran:
Dear President Bush:
Recently, it has been reported that U.S. troops are conducting military operations in Iran. If true, it appears that you have already made the decision to commit U.S. military forces to a unilateral conflict with Iran, even before direct or indirect negotiations with the government of Iran had been attempted, without UN support and without authorization from the U.S. Congress.
The presence of U.S. troops in Iran constitutes a hostile act against that country. At a time when diplomacy is urgently needed, it escalates an international crisis. It undermines any attempt to negotiate with the government of Iran. And it will undermine U.S. diplomatic efforts at the U.N.
Furthermore, it places U.S. troops occupying neighboring Iraq in greater danger. The achievement of stability and a transition to Iraqi security control will be compromised, reversing any progress that has been cited by the Administration.
It would be hard to believe that such an imprudent decision had been taken, but for the number and variety of sources confirming it. In the last week, the national media have reported that you have in fact commenced a military operation in Iran. Today, retired Air Force Col. Sam Gardiner related on CNN that the Iranian Ambassador to the IAEA, Aliasghar Soltaniyeh, reported to him that the Iranians have captured dissident forces who have confessed to working with U.S. troops in Iran. Earlier in the week, Seymour Hersh reported that a U.S. source had told him that U.S. marines were operating in the Baluchi, Azeri and Kurdish regions of Iran.
Any military deployment to Iran would constitute an urgent matter of national significance. I urge you to report immediately to Congress on all activities involving American forces in Iran. I look forward to a prompt response.
Sincerely,
Dennis J. Kucinich
Member of Congress
Contact: Doug Gordon (202) 225-5871
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The only way to fix the stink in this country that is politics, and the stink in the Middle East is to send all ungrateful treasonous communist anti-war, lets hold hands and pray scumbags to Iran and Iraq, then strap all politicians, The ACLU, most of California to missles pointed that direction and make a parking lot. Then and only then would the world would be a better and more peaceful place. The only reason we are still fighting wars is because there are not enough strong leaders who are willing to kill ALL the bad guys.
The liberals and the media(one in the same)convince the idiot public who know nothing about war, or the military that war is bad. They give the impression that if the U.S. was not at war, there would be peace. Ask Poland, and France, and England, Kuwait, Isreal, The Soviet Union, and the countless other countries that were getting slaughtered by people like Hitler, Saddam, ect. what would have happened if The U.S. had not gone to war. It is so discraceful.
Cindy Sheehan's brave son is turning in his grave every time his mother opens her mouth. As a vet myself, if I had been killed in action, and my mother had said a fraction of what Cindy Sheehan has said about the U.S., I would haunt her for giving the apperance that I had died for nothing. If I were in Iraq and had to come home to people like Cindy "I sold my son out" Sheehan, Ted "I kill women" Kennedy, Howard "I'm a doctor!" Dean, John "Look at all my ribbons I got for killing people" Murtha, Al "I still have no clue" Gore, Dennis "Watch me de-rail the United States" Kucinich, Harry "I Judge Boxing, and that makes me qualified" Ried and all the rest of the treasonous bastards in office, and in Hollywood, there would be another fight when I got home.
The real war is being waged right here in America, and I am fighting with our men and women of the United States Military. All others are my enemy. End of story.
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Again, another right-wing nut case wants us to fight his unjust corporate war for him.
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