Lynn Woolsey KICKS A** On The House Floor (Speech Here)

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May 19th, 2005
Apologies for the capital letters. This is how I got the text. Read it anyway.

REP. LYNN WOOLSEY
INTRODUCTION OF SMART SECURITY IN THE 109TH CONGRESS
5 MINUTES
MAY 18, 2005

MR. SPEAKER, THE TIME HAS COME FOR A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY, BECAUSE OUR CURRENT PATH WILL ONLY LEAD TO FUTURE ACTS OF TERRORISM AND AN INCREASINGLY INSECURE UNITED STATES.

MOST AMERICANS UNDERSTAND THAT THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY IS THROUGH SMARTER POLICIES HERE AT HOME, NOT THROUGH AGGRESSIVE MILITARY COMBAT ABROAD.

IN FACT, A POLL RELEASED TODAY INDICATES THAT SUPPORT FOR THE WAR IN IRAQ IS AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL YET. MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE AMERICANS KNOW THAT IRAQ NEVER POSSESSED NUCLEAR WEAPONS; NEVER MAINTAINED CONNECTIONS TO AL QAEDA; AND NEVER PLAYED A ROLE IN THE TERRORIST ATTACKS OF SEPTEMBER 11TH.


YET, THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION CLAIMED EACH OF THESE EXAMPLES AS FACT IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY GOING TO WAR WITH IRAQ. SADLY, MANY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS WERE CONVINCED BY THE ADMINISTRATION’S FALSE CASE FOR WAR, AND JUST OVER TWO YEARS AGO THE U.S. INVADED IRAQ.

SINCE THEN, MORE THAN 1,600 AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND AT LEAST 24,000 NON-INSURGENT IRAQI CIVILIANS HAVE PAID FOR THIS FALSE WAR WITH THEIR LIVES. ANOTHER 12,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE FOREVER WOUNDED, AS WELL.

AND YET, THIS WAR NEVER HAD ANY LINK TO FIGHTING TERRORISM. THE TERRORISM WE’VE FOUGHT OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS IS THAT OF OUR OWN MAKING – COUNTLESS BATTLES AGAINST IRAQI INSURGENTS, WHO ARE ANGRY THAT THE U.S. INVADED THEIR COUNTRY AND NOW REFUSES TO LEAVE.

CLEARLY, THE PRESIDENT’S NATIONAL SECURITY PLATFORM ISN’T JUST IMMORAL, IT’S INCOMPETENT. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY THAN THIS. FORTUNATELY, THERE IS.

EARLIER TONIGHT I RE-INTRODUCED THE SMART SECURITY RESOLUTION FOR THE 21ST CENTURY. SMART SECURITY CLEARLY HAS INCREASING SUPPORT AMONG MEMBERS OF CONGRESS: AT THE END OF THE 108TH CONGRESS, SMART HAD 50 COSPONSORS; THIS YEAR ALONE SMART ALREADY HAS 50 ORIGINAL COSPONSORS – AND IT WAS JUST INTRODUCED TODAY.

much more: http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=55

We LOVE Lynn. :loveya:

Bad news, though--a pretty prominant moderate dem is planning to challenge her next year, and the state party is (so far) doing nothing to discourage him. Intra-party cannibalism pisses me the hell off--Woolsey is great, and we need to keep her in office.