Dennis Kucinich

“ The United States is currently en 20 gaged in a military buildup in the Middle East 21 that includes the increased presence of the 22 United States Navy in the waters near Iran, 23 significant United States Armed Forces in two 24 nations neighboring to Iran, and the installa 25 tion of anti-missile technology in the region. ”

“ The State Department’s Bureau of In 25 telligence and Research dissenting view in the October 2002 National Intelligence Estimate stated ‘‘Lacking persuasive evidence that Bagh 3 dad has launched a coherent effort to reconsti 4 tute it’s nuclear weapons program INR is un 5 willing to speculate that such an effort began 6 soon after the departure of UN inspectors or to 7 project a timeline for the completion of activi 8 ties it does not now see happening. As a result 9 INR is unable to predict that Iraq could ac 10 quire a nuclear device or weapon.’’. ”

“ Moreover, Baghdad is unlikely to pro 17 vide assistance to a group it cannot control.’’. 18 (C) A January 2003 British intelligence 19 classified report on Iraq that concluded that 20 ‘‘there are no current links between the Iraqi 21 regime and the al-Qaeda network’’. 22 The Vice President subverted the national security 23 interests of the United States by setting the stage for the 24 loss of more than 3300 United States service members ”

“ And we 13 join other nations in sending that regime a 14 clear message: We will not allow Iran to have 15 a nuclear weapon.’’ March 7, 2006, Speech of 16 Vice President Cheney to American Israel Pub 17 lic Affairs Committee 2006 Policy Conference. 18 (B) ‘‘But we’ve also made it clear that all 19 options are on the table.’’ January 24, 2007, 20 CNN Situation Room interview with Vice Presi 21 dent Cheney. ”