War on Iraq
"You should know, I opposed this war. I thought that the Congress missed - abdicated its Article 1, Section 3 -- Section 8 authority under the Constitution by giving a president who had not gotten the popular vote of the American people unilateral authority to go in with a preemptive war in Iraq. I didn't think it had anything to do with the war on terrorism. I've called it a misadventure. So we shouldn't be there, in my opinion. But having been - now that we're there, we've got young men and women in the field. We cannot abandon them. We have to give them the support they need to get the job finished. Americans do not cut and run."
Remarks by Carol Moseley Braun
CNN Crossfire, Washington DC, September 8, 2003
On Supporting our Troops & Rebuilding Iraq
"The fact of the matter is, however, that we don't cut and run. Americans don't cut and run. We have to support our troops in the field. I think supporting them not only means giving the command on the ground what they need but even supplies. I spoke to the mother of a young man who's serving abroad, serving in Iraq now, and she was complaining about the fact that they don't even have the things they need in the field. So we are in a position now in which we have - this administration has frittered away the goodwill, failed to go after Al Qaeda and bin Laden, thumbed their nose at old Europe and the international community, left our troops in the field without the resources they need and put us in a situation in which they have no answer for the American people how we can get out with honor.
"It seems to me that that is the challenge. And so I welcome the international community. I am grateful that they are considering some burden sharing here. I hope that it will allow us, within the tradition of U.S. command and control over our own forces, allow us to extricate ourselves with honor but continue a viable war on terrorism that gets bin Laden and his pals and all the people who would do harm to the American people."
Remarks by Carol Moseley Braun
Democratic National Committee Debate, Albuquerque, NM
September 4, 2003
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"Moseley Braun has always been a full-agenda candidate - she's an articulate critic of the invasion of Iraq and of the twisting of U.S. foreign policy by the Bush administration, she's a consistent critic of the Patriot Act, and she's a passionate advocate for expanding health care and pension protections."
The Capital Times
Madison, Wisconsin, September 2, 2003
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"As the nation prepares for war in Iraq, we must remember that war may be avoided until the moment the first shots are fired. It is still in the President's power to chart a wiser course, and today I urge him to do so: Mr. President, call off this war!
"All too often, war is an expression of failure. In this case, the diplomatic efforts of the United States have failed less because of the intransigence of other nations than because of the Administration's lack of sincerity, patience or confidence in the rule of law.
"In its rush to war, the Administration has obscured the goals, dissimulated the costs, disparaged our friends and allies and branded as unpatriotic ordinary Americans who pose legitimate questions. It has squandered the universal credit and sympathy America received after 9/11, and it has damaged our alliances and the United Nations."
Remarks by Carol Moseley Braun
Press Conference
San Francisco CA, March 19, 2003
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"My friends, this rush to war does not benefit the American people. Invading Iraq may benefit the energy conglomerates and defense contractors, but for ordinary Americans, there are no benefits - only costs.
"...The cost is measured in the risk - God forbid - to human life. Our leaders seem to have forgotten what war really means. Perhaps that is because the rich and the privileged rarely come face to face with it.
There is still time for another choice.
"Mr. President... CALL OFF THIS WAR!"
Remarks by Carol Moseley Braun
California Democratic Party Convention
Sacramento, CA, March 16, 2003
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