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Kucinich: US drone attacks in Pakistan could ‘inspire radicalism’

April 25, 2010
By Sahil Kapur, The Raw Story, April 19, 2010

kucinichobama Kucinich: US drone attacks in Pakistan could inspire radicalism

WASHINGTON – Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) forcefully criticized the United States’ drone strikes in Pakistan as inspiring the anti-American sentiments they seek to quell, touching upon a consequence of the policy rarely discussed in the media but well-recognized in the region.

“I do not support the drone attacks,” Kucinich told Raw Story, arguing that they are pushing the United States “into an area of unaccountability that would lead to blowback, where we actually lose friends, where we help inspire anti-American sentiments and fanaticism and radicalism.”

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