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[hippywife]

I sent this email to the NYT:

It seems that there is one factor missing that answers all the concerns of the author in this opionion piece: Congressman Dennis Kucinich.

"Prayer for America", Congressman Kucinich's February 2002 speech was much more than a sound bite and his plan for withdrawal from Iraq illustrates a presidential candidate with a clear vision for what can and needs to be done. ( http://www.kucinich.us/statements.htm#100903 )

The President must go to the UN and announce the US intention to hand over all administrative and security responsibilities to the UN. The UN would help Iraqis move quickly toward self-determination.

The UN, not the US, will administer Iraq’s oil revenues. It will be necessary to renounce clearly and unequivocally any interest in controlling Iraq’s oil resources.

The UN will administer contracts to repair Iraq. War profiteering will no longer be practiced by the White House. It will be necessary to suspend all reconstruction contracts and close the US-led Coalition Provisional Authority, because of the suspicion caused by the sweetheart deals that the Administration has given to large American corporations. In its place, the UN would help Iraqis administer funds to employ Iraqis to repair the damage from the invasion.

Congressman Kucinich spoke out against the war in Iraq long before any of the current candidates, he did not vote for the Iraqi War Resolution, and he has been an unrelenting voice in Washington, demanding the Bush administration account for their fraudulent case for the war. In opposition to the recent request for an additional $87 million, Kucinich brought the issue home for the Democrats, as well as all members of Congress:

"Those who voted for this war must come to terms with their mistake and work to correct it, rather than seeking a middle ground that does not exist. We must heighten our opposition to this occupation and advance a plan to bring our troops home rather than leaving them to be used for target practice. My fellow Congress Members largely evaded this life-and-death issue in favor of a debate over the source of funding for rebuilding Iraq."

For all who have heard the consistent voice of Congressman Kucinich on this issue, and those of restoring this country, both economically and internationally, the only "wait" has been to see when the media will finally allow the American people to hear his voice as clearly as we do.