Not Your Sweetie

t r u t h o u t | Statement
by US Senator Robert Byrd
Senate Floor Speech

We Stand Passively Mute
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Wednesday 12 February 2003

"To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible of human
experiences. On this February day, as this nation
stands at the brink of battle, every American on some level must be
contemplating the horrors of war.

Yet, this Chamber is, for the most part, silent -- ominously,
dreadfully silent. There is no debate, no discussion, no
attempt to lay out for the nation the pros and cons of this particular
war. There is nothing.