Democratic Congressman: Rest assured that history, fact will not be kind to decision-makers of this war

Ron BrynaertPublished: Thursday February 15, 2007

Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) will say that "history and fact will not be kind to the decision-makers" during his House floor statement tonight concerning the Iraq War Resolution that will be voted on Friday, RAW STORY has learned.

"This head in the sand attitude, while politically expedient, denies reality and truth," Grijalva will say. "Rest assured that history and fact will not be kind to the decision-makers and deciders of this war."

"Nor will it be kind to a Congress that looked the other way," Grijalva will add, according to a preview of his statement leaked to RAW STORY.

"Tucson Congressman Raul Grijalva has become of one the leading anti-Iraq war critics in Washington as U.S. Sen. John McCain, Phoenix Congressman John Shadegg and other Arizona Republicans continue their support of the war and increased troop levels," The Business Journal of Phoenix reports. "Grijalva is co-sponsoring a number of measures in Congress that oppose President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional soldiers into Iraq with the hope of stabilizing the civil war."

Rep. Grijalva's full statement: