WASHINGTON,
D.C. – U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following
statement during a news conference on Capitol Hill on the one-year anniversary
of the Iraq war:
“After
one year, hundreds of American soldiers are dead because President Bush
sent them to battle a regime that he called an ‘urgent threat’ that ‘has
developed weapons of mass destruction’ and that ‘… is seeking nuclear
weapons.’
“Thousands
of innocent Iraqi civilians have died because President Bush insisted that
we go to war against Iraq because “The regime . . . has aided, trained
and harbored terrorists, including operatives of al Qaeda.”
“Billions
of taxpayer dollars were spent on the war billions more on occupation because
President Bush declared: ‘We will not permit Saddam Hussein to blackmail
and/or terrorize nations which love freedom.’
“One
year later, the war with Iraq remains unjust and unjustified. There
were no weapons of mass destruction or nuclear weapons and there is no
link to Al Qaeda. President Bush misled the American people a year
ago and he is continuing to mislead us today.” |