“Funding the troops means more troops are going to die.”
I would add “and so will tens of thousands of Iraqis” to the above quote from U.S. Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY).
Unfortunately, even self-described anti-war members of Congress continue to vote to spend our tax dollars to perpetuate the U.S. occupation of Iraq because of the need to “fund the troops, ” which they still inexplicably equate with “supporting the troops.”
Tell Congress to Vote NO on the War Funding Bill!
We at Peace Action join with our allies in veterans and military families peace organizations in recognizing the only way to really support the troops is to bring them home to the warm embrace of their families as soon as possible, not to fund or “support” their continuing to fight, kill and die in Bush’s quagmire.
Congress is set to vote today or tomorrow to give a blank check to Bush - and a large one at that, nearly $100 billion. This is the second version, after Bush vetoed the first, of the “supplemental” appropriations bill to continue funding the war in Iraq, and this version contains no timelines for withdrawal. The money is for just the next four months — Bush has requested another $140 billion in the 2008 budget that would kick in October 1.
Please call your Congressperson and Senators today (you can call the Capitol switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for your Representative and Senators) and tell them to vote NO on this war funding bill. Tell them to stop enabling Bush’s quagmire, and to support the troops by ending the war and bringing them home.
After you call, leave us a comment here and let us know how your call went.
For Peace,
Kevin Martin
May 24, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Have some back bone. No timelines means a NO VOTE
May 24, 2007 at 12:10 pm
HAve some back bone
May 24, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Not one more dollar…not one more life
May 24, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Dear Congressman Welch,
Please vote NO on this war funding bill. I know that other issues have been attached to it
that affect Vermont, but nothing can justify the continuation of this war. So many more
troops have been sent than were expected in this rediculous serge. Now we read about plans
for so called Lily Pads of American presence to be in Iraq for twenty years to come.
We are following Israel’s model of violence, protected living areas, and confining groups
of people in walled off locations. It has not brought peace to Isarel and it will not bring peace to
Iraq.
Please do not support this bill.
May 24, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Enough is enough. End this madness now. Bring ‘em home.
May 24, 2007 at 12:17 pm
Please end this senseless war.
May 24, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Congress needs to listen to the voice of the people and get us out of Iraq. More funding will only prolong our particapation in this military and foreign relations diseaster.
May 24, 2007 at 12:19 pm
We need to leave Iraq yesterday!!!
May 24, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Please do not support this compromise bill. Democrats must stand their ground and insist on ending this war immediately.
May 24, 2007 at 12:21 pm
As a senior, voting Democrat and am totally disgusted then the so-called DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP! They are gutless , cowardly wonders who will not stand up to the most corrupt and incompetent adminitration in U.S. history! Goodbye DEMOS, hello Independents! Lwayno, disabled vet
May 24, 2007 at 12:21 pm
It certainly is not what we elected you for. Let’s try something different - putting the nation’s welfare ahead of your re-election.
May 24, 2007 at 12:22 pm
If you keep bending over, you will keep getting it.
May 24, 2007 at 12:23 pm
It is past time to quit fighting this deploreable war, in any way, shape, and form. And further funding is definitely aiding it.
Bring our troops home, and call it quits. We’re not ahead and we never will be. How many more have to die until enough is enough?!
May 24, 2007 at 12:23 pm
No Wars! They solve Nothing! Only destroy and kill many people’s Lives!
May 24, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Please vote to support and promote PEACE in Iraq and the world.
May 24, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Please DO NOT FUND THIS WAR! Things are bad enough. YOU PROMISED to END THE WAR. Stop the madness.
Corinne
May 24, 2007 at 12:26 pm
Stop immediately funding this immoral, disastrous war, based on lies, which is wasting so many lives, Iraqui and American. It will be the undoing of our country, and the patriotic thing is to bring our troops home — safely — as soon as ossible.›
May 24, 2007 at 12:31 pm
You were elected or reelected to LISTEN to the American people and STOP Funding this Occupation
We are stuck with the Worst occupant of the White House in our History, the people know it and the world knows it. He is a lame duck with no backing from anyone with a brain, get yourelves in gear NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 24, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Bring the troops home now. You have a mandate from the voters. Take care of this now. This is the will of the voters who elected you.
May 24, 2007 at 12:36 pm
I am completely disgusted with this new Congress and their refusal to stand up to Bush and his insane war plans. We elected the new Congress to effect a change of direction for America in this illegal invasion and occupoation of a soverign nation, Iraq. So far it’s been more of the same spineless actions that congress has continued to displayo.
Bush has degraded our government and undermined the rule of law. He’s led America into stratagic disaster and moral squalor. What’s really disturbing is the fact that the same principles he has betrayed, the GOP hols dear and they will act no different in the future.
Congress has the power to change direction if they have the moral fiber to do it. Otherwise they ned to be recalled and a new Congress needs to be elected. Americans are totally fed up with this administration and the fellonist actions they have visited on the people. With no morrals and no clear leadership, the Administration is totally lacking in truth and justice is going out the window.
With fully 70% of Americans against continuing this illegal war, it’s time we demanded accountability for all the lies and deceptions that the administration has spread across the land in the name of ” imagined terror attacks”. It’s time Americans stood up and demanded a new leadership.
May 24, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Please stop this war!
May 24, 2007 at 12:41 pm
We must end the illegal occupation in Iraq. The American people, not “The Decider”, his neo con buddies and the Military industrial Complex should determine our actions.
BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!!
May 24, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Violence begets violence.
May 24, 2007 at 12:44 pm
This ill-founded war on Iraq has become a political football. It’s embarrassing to see our elected officials toying with the lives of our troops and the Iraqi people for their own political gain.
Every day that passes, our family gets more and more ashamed of our country.
May 24, 2007 at 12:50 pm
I called yesterday and today and was told that Congressman Yarmuth (D-KY) was against the bill, but that (no surprise) Sens. Bunning and Mitchell were for it.
May 24, 2007 at 12:51 pm
I spoke with a rep in Congressman Castle’s office, who took my name and would relay our message to stop funding the war. I only wish that someone (ANYONE) in Congress would have the integrity and backbone to just say no to funding this war. We all know it’s wrong. Why do our elected officials only care about politics and not about what is just. It’s a shame. Unfortunately in my state of Delaware, our politicians play musical chairs with elected positions, they don’t do much. And then there is Senator Biden, who talks a good game but doesn’t stand behind his words.
May 24, 2007 at 12:52 pm
FYI Senator Clinton’s voice mailbox is full and has been since the weekend. Congressman McNulty will vote no.
May 24, 2007 at 12:53 pm
called senators reed and whitehouse and congressman langevin to ask them to vote no. Got a representative in each case who said they would pass my message on. In Rhode Island we have been lucky to have strong critics of the war in office; however, I feel that this might be the capitulation point and any pressure I can add to the public voice might help.
ryan
May 24, 2007 at 12:57 pm
I JUST CALLED MY CONGRESSMAN, JOE SESTAK. ALL WENT WELL.
May 24, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Please vote no on the war spending bill. Enough of our young men and women have died and enough Iraqis and Afghanis. This is not the road to peace.
May 24, 2007 at 12:59 pm
I am totally against this war. The only people who benefit from it are war profiteers.
May 24, 2007 at 1:01 pm
Left a message with aide at both Sen. Dodd’s and Rep. Murphy’s offices. Left a recorded message at Sen. Lieberman’s office.
May 24, 2007 at 1:04 pm
We have had enough of the killing of innocent people, including our own in Iraq. The madness of this illegal war and the profiteering by the Bush Cronys needs to end now.
Congress must act now and do their job.
May 24, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Why did the Democrats, who control both houses of congress, capitulate on funding the troops. I don’t understand how by funding the troops you are supporting them; helping them get killed and many more Iraqis getting killed also. Let him veto the bills with a timeline in them, then he will be responsible for not “funding the troops.”
May 24, 2007 at 1:07 pm
I don’t understand, I made a comment and not you want me to reply to my own comment. We have met the enemy and it is us!
May 24, 2007 at 1:08 pm
I’m getting tired of this foolishness!
May 24, 2007 at 1:11 pm
One major reason for the change in power in Congress was to get us out of Iraq. The Congress has let the American people down in their giveaway to Mr. Bush.
May 24, 2007 at 1:11 pm
It is an abomination that the new Congress has done nothing: Nothing to stop the war, nothing to open diplomatic communication, nothing for even the citizens of America. You have done nothing and are “enabling” the Bush Administration and their personal agenda. The US government makes me sick.
May 24, 2007 at 1:12 pm
It’s time to stop the moral and financial bankrupting of our nation. Stop the funding! End this war. Too many have died for an immoral war.
May 24, 2007 at 1:13 pm
I called all three Montana representatives and asked them to vote No on the war funding bill. I am not sure how they are going to vote. I would guess the Republican will vote Yes for sure — the two democratic Senators ????
May 24, 2007 at 1:16 pm
I had called Rep. John Hall yesterday and left a message for him with his secretary. Today I left a recorded message for Sen. Hillary Clinton and a message with the secretary for Sen. Charles Schumer.
May 24, 2007 at 1:25 pm
I called both of my Senators, and my Congressman along with Senator Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. All of my calls went to staff or calling machines and they basically just took my message with no comment.
May 24, 2007 at 1:28 pm
The staffs of Senators Kennedy & Capuano took my comments without indicating how they are planning to vote. Rep. Capuano’s assistant assured me that he was voting NO.
jk
May 24, 2007 at 1:30 pm
Left messages for: j. carson, rep. (will oppose), e-bayh, sen. (calls are heavy) & r. lugar, sen.
May 24, 2007 at 1:33 pm
I urge you to NOT fund the troops and PLEASE bring them home.
May 24, 2007 at 1:34 pm
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May 24, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Please stop the insantity. My Heart breaks for all the parents spouses, children who have lost or will never know their parent because of this illegal unethical war. How can we ask our great men and women for the ultimate sacrifice while we are vacationing and having BBQ on the Ranch. Please make our government stop the insanity.
May 24, 2007 at 1:38 pm
No 800 number - no call. The other party can afford long distance, not me.
May 24, 2007 at 1:43 pm
Please stop the insanity. My heart breaks for all the parents,spouses, children who have lost or who will never know thier parent because of this illegal unethical war. How can we ask out great men and women for the ultimate sacrifice while we are vacationing and having “BBQ on the Ranch” this Memorial Day. Please make our government stop the insanity.
May 24, 2007 at 1:46 pm
Funding the troops means more men will die. Are we approving this war? No!
May 24, 2007 at 1:47 pm
JUST SAY NO
May 24, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Please Vote NO on the War Funding Bill. Let’s stop the USA addiction to war.
May 24, 2007 at 1:48 pm
Please end this now! No more money spent on an occupation that is getting this country nowhere. This is an abosolute travesty. We are NOT protecting the Iraqi people and our own people are dying left and right. This is all about money, money for defense contractors to make, money for those that control all of the oil in the mideast (ie. the Saudi royalty and the Bushes ) We will tolerate this no more!
May 24, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Most of the Senators and Congressmen here in Oklahoma have voted YES to allow President Bush to have more funding for the war. I’m beginning to feel as if my input to my congressmen and senators don’t really count any more so I quit contacting them on certain issues that concern me.
May 24, 2007 at 1:53 pm
Just spoke with Ashley in Representative Putnam’s office, and Nathan in Sen. Nelson of Florida. It appears to me that they will remain committed to War, they talk a good game, but actions speak louder than any words! It appears we have lost our republic form of government and many have become the subservient lap dogs for Corporatism. My thoughts are, the Iraq war will continue well into the next decade and the bogus, War On Terror, will destroy us as a nation with a Constitution which is being shredded as I write. God help us all!
P.S. Sen Martinez not there as his message machine came on, what’s new?
May 24, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Please bring the troops home now. There is no link between homeland secruity and the war in Iraq. The real issue is global warming and we need to be spending all the Iraq monies to address CO2 emissions.
Thanks for your help on reorienting our priorities.
Dennis Allen
May 24, 2007 at 1:58 pm
If we don’t give bush the money, he can’t continue this war. We keep hearing the Congress has the power to stop funding, —- let’s see it in action! If the Republicans who have proclaimed to agree with us will only vote the way they talk, for a change, it can succeed in stopping this killing of innocent Iraqi’s and our precious young men and women. Let our troops come home and start living the lives they dream of, not make them live the life of nightmares.
May 24, 2007 at 2:01 pm
Jesus Christ Enough! What’s wrong with you spineless trilobytes?
May 24, 2007 at 2:04 pm
I have opposed this illegal action against this peaceful nation since day one. Every drop of blood spilled is on Bush’s hands and there is not enough fluid on Earth to eradicate the stain it leaves on the man.
May 24, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Please bring this awful evil war to an end soon!
May 24, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I called Rep Walz and Senators Klobucher and Coleman and told them to vote no.
I did not find out how they will vote.
THANKS
May 24, 2007 at 2:07 pm
a lot more can be won through peace and love.no one wins with death and destruction.we should help humanity rather than oppress.destroy only those who commit harmful acts.ALL PEOPLE DEMAND AND ARE ENTITLED THE SHELTER OF THE CARING HAND OF GOD .OR WE SHALL LOSE THE GLIMPSE OF HIS GLORY THAT HAS BEEN REVEALED…
May 24, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I called Dennis Hastert’s (R-Illinois) and told his staff-person that I wanted to urge Mr. Hastert to vote “no” on the War Funding Bill. Person responded they would relay my msg. Like talking to the wall, since this is THEIR President.
May 24, 2007 at 2:08 pm
Contacted the offices of Holt, Menendez and Lautenberg. My requesto to ask them to vote No to the funding bill before them will be passed on to them. They ususally respond later with a letter. I will keep you posted.
May 24, 2007 at 2:08 pm
It is imperitive that Congress stop giving Bush the money he requests to keep his war going. This war is a moral sin and Congress is committing moral injustice by allowing it to proceed. Personally I think that each of you who vote to give Bush this money should be voted out of office. We put you in to get us out of Iraq not to keep us in. Martha Lorin Walker, Milford, PA 18337
May 24, 2007 at 2:09 pm
The war funding must be stopped NOW. There has been enough death and distruction.
May 24, 2007 at 2:11 pm
What part of the November 7th message do you not understand?
May 24, 2007 at 2:11 pm
the only way to really support the troops is to bring them home to the warm embrace of their families as soon as possible, not to fund or “support” their continuing to fight, kill and die in Bush’s quagmire. How stupid can you be! Bring them home now.
May 24, 2007 at 2:12 pm
Carol Shea-Porter, 1st District NH will vote NO on the Supplemental, according to Beth, an office staffer.
May 24, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Supporting the troops means bringing them home immediately and taking care of them when they get here.
May 24, 2007 at 2:17 pm
My congressman (Republican representative Henry Brown of South Carolina’s first congressional district) and both of my senators (Republican Senators Lindsey Graham and Jim DeMint of South Carolina) all support funding for the war in Iraq. In a conservative state like South Carolina, old habits die hard and the majority of constituents here are from the military and heavily Republican. It’s highly regrettable that some people don’t see the light ahead of them.
May 24, 2007 at 2:18 pm
No more money and immediate troop withdrawal, that’s “doing the right thing!” Not this endless daily carnage I refer to as Bush’s Folly. It’s time for Congress to really do their job, stand up to Bush/Cheney and just say NO! Bush is a composite of Englands “Crazy King George” and Hitler all rolled into one, but with the common sense of a hampster. He has stripped this country of its self respect, it’s fiscal responsibility and its manpower, replacing it with unbridled debt, unchecked violence, economic instability and a polarized population. And, he’s done all that and more saying it’s what God told him to do. Well, my God, my Creator has told me this whole fiasco is wrong! My God says that we have no business invading and occupying soverign nations, destrying their infrastructure and killing their population on the premise of “liberating them from oppression and bringing democracy.” We have lied to those people from day one, yet we have not only allowed the lies to the Iraqi’s and Afghan’s, but we have swalloed them too. Well, my momma said, “Stupid id as stupid does” and those days are over. The load of crap that you’ve been feeding us is over! No more troops, no more money, no more war and no more job for you if you don’t act swiftly and decisively to end this insanity!
May 24, 2007 at 2:22 pm
We called our 3 congresspersons yesterday and urged them to vote NO on the war funding bill. We live in Idaho so those requests fell on deaf ears. We keep trying: writing and calling anyhow.
May 24, 2007 at 2:25 pm
Called both my senators and Lynn Woolsey and Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosis. I told them they would lose alot of support if they vote for this funding.
May 24, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Time to support the Kurds and remove ourselves from the rest of Iraq.
May 24, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Fattah’s office claims they do not know how he will vote.
Casey’s office said he always votes to end the war (a lie that I called him on); but they don’t know how he is going to vote on this bill.
Specter’s office said they don’t know how he is going to vote on this bill (but we all know how he is going to vote, don’t we?)
May 24, 2007 at 2:28 pm
WE THE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT WAR. When will congress and the senate list to the majority of Americans?!? We don’t want anymore funding, it only goes to companies like the bloated Halliburton. We want all of our troops home NOW. Get a backbone and stand up to the Bush Regime. No more funds! Bring troops home now! Listen to the American people … we voted you in and we can vote you out.
May 24, 2007 at 2:31 pm
I voted for change this past November - that is what you promised! Do the job you pledged to do back when you wanted my vote. Americans voted for change and for the end of the war!
May 24, 2007 at 2:33 pm
Just spoke with Cynthia from Sen. Martinez of Florida, urged No More War, it is the devil’s work to continue this war!!!!!!!
May 24, 2007 at 2:33 pm
STOP THE WAR NOW. THis is actually confirmation that there is little difference between the two parties—–both sell out for…….what? power? money? We, THe People, must standup and stand together and GET OUR COUNTRY BACK!!
May 24, 2007 at 2:37 pm
Quick conversation with Susan Davis’ office: I of course called on her to vote No; she is still “looking closely at” the bill which is still undergoing changes.
May 24, 2007 at 2:37 pm
I called Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), Senator John Cornyn (R), and Congressperson Eddie Bernice Johnson (D). Calls went as expected.
May 24, 2007 at 2:52 pm
I called Democratic Congressman Chet Edwards and urged his staffer to communicate my anger and extreme disappointment that the Democratic Party had caved on the Iraq funding issue and to vote against the supplemental. Calling Senators Cornyn and Hutchison, Bush loyalists, would be a waste of time.
May 24, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Did my part from florida. Called Bill Nelson, Connie Mack. Martinez’s box was full.
May 24, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Sensenbrenner wouldn’t tell me how he will vote — I urged a No vote
May 24, 2007 at 3:09 pm
PRAY FOR PEACE——ACT FOR PEACE–not for war
May 24, 2007 at 3:10 pm
Stop this escalation, we voted for change not more of the same.
May 24, 2007 at 3:13 pm
NO MORE WAR was POPE JOHN XX111 to the United Nations. Kerry to the rank and file patriots—-”WE ARE THE TROOPS”—–support us
May 24, 2007 at 3:14 pm
If the leadership of the Democratic caucus doesn’t stand more firmly on issues that matter - if the Democratic caucus continues to simply fold on issues which are not “veto proof” - if the Democratic party doesn’t pursue impeachment for these liars and thieves who have stolen our Democracy - then the Democratic party is showing its true color as lazy, incompetent, and, themselves traitors to their constituency. Convenience be damned; “Veto proofness” be damned. The Democratic party has folded and given George Bush and his criminal administration exactly what it wants at every turn. Nancy Pelosi said “Impeachment is off the table”. Impeachment is a process whereby Congress may investigate the appearance of criminal activity, and if found, remove offenders from office. It is clear by now that such criminal activities have occurred and if you still refuse to begin impeachment proceedings, then you are abrogating your duty to the Constitution. If you refuse to continue fighting for an immediage end to this ghastly war, then you are abrogating your duty to your constituency.
May 24, 2007 at 3:14 pm
I just spoke with Congressman Lynch (Ma) office and they tell me “he has not made a decision yet”. Can you believe that?? Has he been in a Coma?
May 24, 2007 at 3:16 pm
I sent a fax to Senator Clinton’s office and told her PLEASE not to vote for the funding bill today. I also said that her vote would be considered in November, ‘08.
May 24, 2007 at 3:16 pm
WE DEMOCRATS ARE THE MAJORITY PARTY and with the help of Almighty God we shall prevail.
May 24, 2007 at 3:18 pm
WE WANT DEMOCRACY NOT HYPOCRISY—–HEY BUSH TAKE THE LIES OUT OF YOUR EARS.
May 24, 2007 at 3:22 pm
We must cease and desist this war. Do not fund it. It is like pouring money and lives into a bottomless pit that keeps on taking. There will be no positive outcome while we are there.
May 24, 2007 at 3:25 pm
We all expected much more from Democrats. The whole country wanted them to do the right thing and they can not accomplish anything or they do not care about the people’s will. How could you trust any of these lawmakers to go back to congress in the next reelection? How will they answer the families whose loved ones are dying in Iraq just because some officials are refusing to admit they are wrong? We all are human beings and make mistake; we should learn from the mistake and move one. We can not make the same mistake over and over and expect different results. Because the lives are at stake, people are dying, children lose their parents, wives loose their husbands, parents lose their kids in both US and Iraq because of these mistakes and responsible officials are not listening and doing anything. Is 70% of US and the whole world wrong about this war and only US officials are right? That’s absurd.
May 24, 2007 at 3:27 pm
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO……..AND SO THAT THERE IS NO CONFUSION……NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN WITH OUR WORDS AND OUR VOTES…..WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE PATH THE PRESIDENT HAS TAKEN, WE DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ADMINISTRATION’S EXECUTION OF THE WAR AND WE WANT OUT OF IRAQ NOW!!!! OUR CONGRESSPERSONS AND SENATORS WERE ELECTED TO BE OUR VOICE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ENACTING LAWS/BILLS AND SPENDING TAX DOLLARS PER OUR COLLECTIVE DESIRES. IF THEY IGNORE US, THE VOTER, WE NEED TO VOTE THEM OUT!!! SO WHETHER YOU ARE DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN, YOU NEED TO TRACK THE VOTES OF YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. REMEMBER HOW THEY MAY HAVE SCORNED YOU AND GET YOUR RETRIBUTION AT THE BALLOT BOX. WE NEED POLITICIANS WITH CONSCIENCE, CONVICTION, BACK-BONE AND INTEGRITY. I DON’T SEE THESE TRAITS IN MANY POLITICIANS…..NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF THE ISLE THEY ARE STANDING. *****GO DENNIS KUCINICH FOR PRESIDENT****
May 24, 2007 at 3:28 pm
P_lease vote no for more funds for this war. Clarence w Goodson
May 24, 2007 at 3:30 pm
Just say “no” to sending more of our kids to the slaughter and distroying the lives of others for our economic and political gain.
May 24, 2007 at 3:32 pm
We, the people, want the withdrawal of troops now. We want no futher invasion of foreign lands. The legislative brance of this democratic government is elected by people, even if corporate dollars pave the campaign trail. Campaign all you want, but don’t expect to get elected unless you vote against funding the war.
May 24, 2007 at 3:33 pm
ALBERT GORE IS ONE OF THE MOST CREDITABLE MEN ON THE PLANET. HE IS A TRUE PATRIOT WHO NEVER WAFFLES SHOOTS FROM THE HIP OR HAS A SMOKING GUN. JAMES CARTER IS A PEACEMAKER, JAMES CARTER IS A DECENT MAN WHO PROVIDES FOR HUMANITY INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DESTROY. HARRY REID IS A MILD AND HUMBLE MAN WHO LOVES THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NANCY PELOSI IS A PATRIOTIC AND TRUE AMERICAN. HILLARY LOVES BILL ENOUGH TO TELL HIM WHEN HE IS WRONG, THAT IS WHY HE IS SO SUCCESSFUL. I THIN MICHAEL MOORE IS AN HONEST MAN LIKE THE MAJORITY OF US AMERICANS.
May 24, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Are all the Senators and Congressmen who drag their simply thinking about ‘08?!!! There must be a new direction taken in the Iraq war that begins the process for the United States to rid itself of the international stigma it now has: war monger, liar, murderer, economic exploiter of whomever it can.
May 24, 2007 at 3:37 pm
I called Representative Gonzalez’ office twice. First time I was told that the staffer hadn’t had a chance to talk to him about how he would vote, I told him in no uncertain terms, that to tell the Congressman he HAS to vote to cut off the funds for this terrible on-going war. The excuse of “supporting our troops”, is just more “Bush et. al. speak”. These Democrats are mouthing so many of these meaningless excuses for continuing the maiming and killng of our fine young men and women, and untold Iraq citizens. The excuse of “helping them” has long ago been revealed for the lie it was from the beginning. STOP this unending mayhem, bring the troops home with all speed. As it is, it will take a many years to repair all the damage we have done to this once great land of antiquity, and they want to do more, while all the Fat Cats Oil companies continue to lap up their oil. But do they use any of their profits to pay for their war? No way, the same as they haven’t put their own lives on the line. According to them, we can all pay for it, while and send our children to be slautered, instead of them.
Margaret L. Alber
May 24, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Anything less than de-funding of this war and moves to block the attack against Iran (including calling a halt to all covert actions against that state) are a betrayal of the people of this country and the people of the world as a whole. If people in Congress will not work to block this continued imperialist tendency, then the people here will have to take it to the streets once again.
May 24, 2007 at 3:42 pm
You are abandoning the will of the people. This means our government is not working. Do you want this country to fall because you can not do your job?
May 24, 2007 at 3:44 pm
I THINK JOHN EDWARDS TRULY WANTS JUSTICE AND MERCY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. CONQUER WE MUST WHEN OUR CAUSE IS JUST—-but is it so noble. The price of oil is too high, to donate our blood.
May 24, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Are we receiving lip service from Democratic politicians about ending the occupation of Iraq? Sometimes I think so.
You don’t have forever to change your character, really just a short time. It seems Democrats currently serving our country have been down so long, they don’t know what up looks like. I think of them as sometimes as refugees: too concerned about basic needs to worry about other more lofty goals.
EVERYONE realizes that the “Iraq War” was wrong, illegal, immoral, damaging to US credibility, a failure of leadership. But nonetheless Congress is funding it fully for at least another year, probably more. Many people realize this is wrong. Perhaps that’s all that really matters.
Some day we will have a new set of politicians in Congress, and its not at all clear that there will be much difference between them and who we have now.
It’s probably best not to bring it too close, but instead keep it at arm’s length. But don’t stop speaking your mind about how wrong it is, how misguided those who agree with the war are, how tragic that fragile little people are causing so much destruction to others with their inventions designed to kill.
May 24, 2007 at 3:59 pm
Defeat the war funding bill. Stand up to this corrupt administration and stop buying into its madness. Caving in at this point only validates the “spineless” label given to the Democrats. The majority of Americans have spoken: we want our troops home - now.
May 24, 2007 at 4:03 pm
I have been calling both senators and my rep all week long to heavily complain about the war and that I want it to end now not later. I have been emailing and calling for years now complaining about the war. Bush is Satan reincarnated
May 24, 2007 at 4:04 pm
It’s now the time for extreme measures. If the only way to stop this occupation is to deny funding, then the Dems in House and Senate must do all in their power to deny funding. When there’s no money left, they will have to bring the troops home immediately. The Repub’s tired old line that removing the funding will be a disaster for our troops is crap. Providing the funding will be the disaster, resulting in thousands more unnecessary deaths.
May 24, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Please vote to keep my two little brothers and my ittle sister out of harm’s way!! (all are active military personnel).
IMPEACH BUSH!!! He has sacrificed too many innocents on the altar of his greed.
http://www.a28.org
May 24, 2007 at 4:07 pm
e-mailed all of them!
May 24, 2007 at 4:11 pm
I think anyone who votes for this bill, which continues to fund the murder of innnocent lives, should be thrown out of office in the next elections. Why are people not outraged?
May 24, 2007 at 4:14 pm
How many times do we have to say it? How many more have to die? How many more lives have to be ruined? Get this president out and all those who have lied and got us into this disastrous place.
May 24, 2007 at 4:15 pm
To the second do nothing congress, the first one hundred hours you boasted about did nothing to address the reason you are in office. The rest of your time is looking more like the past six years. Those of you who voted bush war power, are backing this genocide again.
May 24, 2007 at 4:15 pm
This is not a war.
It is an invasion - an occupation rooted in lies and corporate greed.
GET OUT!
May 24, 2007 at 4:16 pm
We, the People, elected you to get our troops out of Iraq. Now please SUPPORT OUR TROOPS by bringing them home from this George W. Bush fiasco.
May 24, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Gonzalves is going to get a no confidence vote for not being able to do the job.
The Democrats were elected to get out of Iraq, and obviously can’t do the job.
We should add the Democratic Congress to the No Confidence vote.
May 24, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Respect the mandate from your constituents and stop supporting this criminal occupation!!
May 24, 2007 at 4:28 pm
I called my Representative and Senators and told them not to vote for any more funding for the War in Iraq regardless of timetables. The only bill that is viable is HR 1234 (Kucinich) because it uses existing funds to execute a safe and orderly withdrawal from Iraq and prohibits any more funding for the War in Iraq. Troops would be withdrawn over the span of 90 days after the bill passes.
Just a side note, I had to call my Senators’ DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego offices before I talked to someone because the lines were so busy, so be prepared to dial more than one office or wait a really long time to be put through.
May 24, 2007 at 4:33 pm
Stop funding the cause,and start finding a permanent solution. Bring them home soon.
May 24, 2007 at 4:33 pm
The Iraq war has just made more terrorists—solved no problems. the sooner we get our troops out the sooner we will stop losing men.
May 24, 2007 at 4:34 pm
Stop funding the cause,and start finding a solutin,a permanent one. Bring them home,
soon. No more delays,Mr Bush. Stop hiding behind the Office,and see what’s really
going on in this War.
May 24, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Just Say NO! to the war in Iraq, & to Preisdent Bush, & then start to impeach the President!
May 24, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Stop the War, please… please… please…..
May 24, 2007 at 4:42 pm
Representative Woolsey is true to her distrct; a ‘no’ vote on thes onerous funding bill is the only vote that matters. Thank you!
May 24, 2007 at 4:46 pm
We put you in office to stop the war….now do it..
May 24, 2007 at 4:54 pm
No more money! No more War! Bring the troops home NOW!
May 24, 2007 at 4:56 pm
We cna pursue this war forever and it still wouldn’t be rsolved. Pull out now and save lives and treasure
May 24, 2007 at 4:58 pm
Our country is going further in debt to fund an illegal occupation. Where is the accountabillity? If we are having to borrow billions to pay for this war, then why are our troops lacking the armor they need? Why are they neglected when they come back from war with physical and mental injuries? Why is the reconstruction effort being bungled and contracts still being awarded to U.S. corporations who overcharge the American people for doing a bad job in our name? Where is our money going?
We are being overcharged, and our military is being undermined. This war, it seems, is just a platform to destroy our military in order to justify it’s privitization. Halliburton and Blackwater are thriving off of the pain and suffering of the Iraqi people, as well as the economic ruin of our country.
May 24, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Sneaky Pete Domenici and Heather the War Whore Wilson. Poor New Mexico and the young Native American and Hispanic men and women who are dying because of them and the fascists in the White House who are running this show. I am ashamed of the Democrats and hope they have long sleepless nights for their betrayal of those who voted for them to end this mess. Treason comes in many different forms and the current three branches of government are guilty of it in any and all forms that you could imagine. D.C. as I recall has quite enough trees to hang them all.
May 24, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Bring these kids home now.Let Bush and the congressmen and senators go over there and take their place.See how fast they will end this thing if somebody is shooting at their asses.
May 24, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Do not give Bush another blank check. This is what he somehow seems to get all the time during this horrible administration. Please insist that we bring our troops home now and end our involvement in Iraq’s Civil War. Bush wanted Saddam Hussein and he got him. “Mission Accomplished” so let us bring our troops home and focus on getting our own country back to what it once was when Bill Clinton Was president.
May 24, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Dont fund anymore ,and bring the troops home…so many have died already,,,Let Bush go over there and do some fighting,,,,,,Wonder what hed say then??
May 24, 2007 at 5:41 pm
If the funding bill goes through consider yourselves fired in the next election.
May 24, 2007 at 5:44 pm
Hot is cold. Black is white. Wrong is right .War is peace. Truth is lies. Support the troops is use them as pawns in a failed political war. Funding is death. No funds bring them home.
They, those who profit from this carnage, tell us that not funding the war would take the bullets out of our troops guns, leaving them sitting targets for slaughter. When they are the ones who knowingly sent troops on a deadly fools errand. Stop the carnage. Stop the bleeding. Stop the lies.
Bring them home.
May 24, 2007 at 5:45 pm
This war is destroying our country. The rest of the world thinks we have gone crazy. The American people spoke at the last election. We want out!!! If the Senators and Representatives will not do what we want , then we will have to vote them out also.
May 24, 2007 at 5:51 pm
If our original intention had been one of fair and peaceful intervention we would not have gone to war.
NOW IT IS TIME… for us to stop fighting and get on with the”ugliness” of peace that the U. S. Congress is apparently fearful of. It’s time we put our foot down to president and his neo-con benefactors and say, “No! No more funding of their war!”
May 24, 2007 at 5:54 pm
No one is listening to the advice of a few, including the Baker-Hamilton commission, that we should enter into discussions with the countries surrounding Iraq and any others that wish to be involved to find a solution to this mess. We allowed Bush to get us into it, so we are obligated to do what we can to get out with honor. This means no timeline but it does mean active involvement with the other countries to bring it to an end. Bush’s surge and his Plan B certainly are not the solution, and we should not be supporting it.
May 24, 2007 at 5:56 pm
I called Claire McCaskill and Ike Skelton per your request….Jeremy didn’t know how Ms.McCaskill was voting……Dana didn’t get a chance to ask Skelton how he was voting. They were both very curteous ans attentive and said they would pass along my strong message.
May 24, 2007 at 5:59 pm
As quickly and efficiently as possible, will you please bring the Iraqi war to completion?
May 24, 2007 at 6:19 pm
“fund the troops, ?”
NO!!!!
May 24, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Either stand up to this failed administration to stop the war now - or get out of the way. A yes vote on the extension of Bush’s incompetent Iraq surge “plan?” will mean no votes for your re-election. We know Bush is using our troops to secure Iraq for the oil interests of huge corporations. One of the benchmarks in this bill gives these corporations 70% of the profits on Iraqi oil. This is criminal - and if Democrats support this blatant capitalism at all costs with no concern about our soldier’s lives or our reputation as a country that used to be fair and humanitarian - the American people will make sure you are voted out of office.
May 24, 2007 at 6:39 pm
The Democratic congress won’t do this. They are already pushing the limits with regard to ticking off moderate voters. They don’t want to be seen (whether correctly or incorrectly) as compromising our troops. Sometimes taking the right stance means being very unpopular and the Dems in congress aren’t ready to be unpopular.
May 24, 2007 at 6:43 pm
Keith Olbermann | The Entire Government Has Failed Us on Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052407A.shtml
Keith Olbermann presents a special comment on betrayal saying, “For the
president - and the majority leaders and candidates and rank-and-file
congressmen and senators of either party - there is only blame for this shameful
and bi-partisan betrayal.”
May 24, 2007 at 6:48 pm
This president has his own agenda. He does not care about the people’s wishes.
Yet: Were is the outrage? He has committed crimes against humanity, against international law, against our constitution. Why is there not a stronger movement to impeach him?
As to the members of congress who support him, we must vote them out of office. Meantime, bombard them with letters of our discontent.
May 24, 2007 at 6:50 pm
GET SOME SPINE AND STOP THE GREEDY, CHEATING, ALCOHOLIC SOCIOPATHS WHO ARE SENDING OUR BEST MEN AND WOMEN TO THEIR DEATHS IN THIS DAMNABLE WAR!!! BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!! IMPEACH BUSH! IMPEACH CHENEY! BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!! BUSH LIED–THOUSANDS DIED!!! IMPEACH ALBERTO GONZALES! KARL ROVE & HIS MINIONS SHOULD GO TO JAIL! EVERYONE WHO ACCEPTED MONEY FROM ABRAMOFF SHOULD GO TO JAIL!!! OUR TROOPS NEED MEDICAL COVERAGE FOR THEIR PHYSICAL & PSYCHOLOGICAL WOUNDS CAUSED BY THIS WAR!!! THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL NOT BE HAPPY UNTIL THE PEOPLE OF THIS PLANET HAVE BLOWN THEMSELVES UP–AND ALL FOR THE CAUSE OF MAKING OIL MONEY!!! WE COULD HAVE AVOIDED THIS WAR BY MAKING PLENTIFUL USE OF ELECTRIC CARS, SOLAR POWER & WIND POWER TO FUEL OUR HOMES!!! OUR PLANET IS AT RISK OF DYING FROM GLOBAL WARMING AND ALL BUSH CARES ABOUT IS HIS MONEY & POWER!!! WE NEVER DID GO AFTER OSAMA BIN LADEN FOR 9/11!!! HABEUS CORPUS IS DEAD, AND MANY OF OUR FREEDOMS HAVE BEEN TAKEN AWAY FROM US BY THIS FASCIST REGIME!!! SAVE AMERICA–PLEASE VOTE AGAINST ANYONE WHO REFUSES TO LISTEN TO AMERICANS IN THE NEXT ELECTION; IT MAY BE OUR ONLY AND LAST HOPE!!!
May 24, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Congress: Get a backbone….stop funding this illegal and immoral war! Impeach this corrupt Republican administration! What is wrong with you??? Can’t you see this war affects generations to come???
My family will not vote for ANYONE that votes for this war in any manner!
May 24, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Stop this war now!!!
We can’t afford it!
We don’t have the troops to support it!!
We are killing innocent people!!
Where is bin Laden??
May 24, 2007 at 7:06 pm
This administration and this war are a criminal enterprise. Vote no or you become an accessory to the crimes.
May 24, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I was assured that Congressman Doggett will vote NO.
May 24, 2007 at 7:41 pm
Now is the hour to show the American people that you heard what they said. Support the troops by bringing them home. Do not fund this illegal occupation! What’s Bush going to do - call you names? Is this new? Do not cave, do not cave, do not cave.
May 24, 2007 at 7:43 pm
No more killing, no more hypocrisy, no more compromise. Bring them home NOW!
May 24, 2007 at 7:46 pm
Wayne Allard’s office will not state his position on war funding.
I left a message at Ken Salazar’s office.
I spoke with a real person at Ed Perlmutter’s office - I did not ask his position since he has always voted against this insane, immoral, deathly war.
Keep in mind that the news NEVER reports the number of mercenary (Blackwater) deaths. So in addition to the 3400+ U.S. troop deaths and the many many thousands of Iraqi deaths, there are unreported casualites among U.S. contract soldiers.
Wouldn’t switching to alternative fuels shed much less blood?????????????
May 24, 2007 at 8:01 pm
May 24th, 2007 at 1:00 p.m. Pacific time.
Left a message at Barbara Boxer’s office, just asking that she vote NO regaridng any further funds for war in Iraq.
May 24, 2007 at 8:03 pm
We have to stop this carnage NOW!!! How can we justify letting it go on. Bush is so bullheaded he will never change. He will continue to tell us lies and try to convince us that the bad guys will come over here and get us if we don’t do what he (Bush) says. Well let them come. If we had all our troops home, we could kick some butt. Bush is all talk and keeps bad mouthing Congress, now that it is not all Republicans who used to kiss his butt and write him a blank check for anything he wanted . So let him talk, but you stick to your guns and don’t back down from this cheerleading bully. He must be stopped. Please don’t fail us!!!
May 24, 2007 at 8:11 pm
I both agree and disagree with no more funding. Personally I don’t want to see any more soldiers shipped there, but the second president Bush put troops into the Middle East was the second the US would be locked in a very long and torn war.
I am looking at this from both democratic and republican point of view. Now, there is no way that we can just pull all the troops out. As soon as we do there is a very high chance that Israel will drop their nuclear bomb on the enemy territory. This would lead to total chaos in the Middle East as well as all of Europe, which in turn could maybe even lead to WWIII.
This puts us in a difficult position because if we leave troops in there it just means more will die. What needs to be done is the government needs to find a smart way of somehow getting our troops out but also find some way of maintaining control over there.
I fully support our troops, but I do not support the war.
May 24, 2007 at 8:17 pm
Why did you betray us?
May 24, 2007 at 8:25 pm
I think we need to vote out the incumbents in any elections so they can hear us, the only thing they care about is that vote right before the election, after that bye bye America.
May 24, 2007 at 8:31 pm
We must remember that we elected REPRESENTATIVES who should be listening to what their constituency is saying. What are we saying? We demand an end to the Iraq war, a war that never should have happened.
May 24, 2007 at 8:33 pm
I agree with Noureddine Benahmed that we should vote every incumbent who did not oppose the war out of office the next time around. We should announce this position up front and then work to put these backboneless politicians out of office.
May 24, 2007 at 9:01 pm
You might think I am crazy but I am going to say this. You bring the troops home, then what happens in the middle east? THe terrorist will have full control. Nuclear Weapons will be used against us. We will be hurt badly. What happens when we bring our troops home? We have no defence. We are now easy targets.
May 24, 2007 at 9:24 pm
George Bush and company just got exactly what they wanted and the Dems look weak. I agree to vote everyone out who voted for this bill. Show them the people mean business! No backbone, no votes.
May 24, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Jay Inslee’s office said he was voting against the funding.
May 24, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Going into Iraq was a mistake. Now it has become only one battle in this war but it is still a mistake. Why continue to support and fund a mistake? If Bush and co. want to continue this mistake, let them fund it with private funds and fight it with their private army [Blackwater, Haliburton, et al] and anyone else who thinks this mistake should be continued. The primary battle in this war still awaits along the Afghani/Pakistani border. Osama and co. aren’t going anywhere.
May 24, 2007 at 9:33 pm
America’s invasion of Iraq was based on a pack of lies. Now the Administration is threatening Iran. Where will it stop? Where is the “advice and consent” of Congress? It certainly is not evident in the spineless caving to every insane request of a power-mad administration. I’ve urged my “Congress-critters” to vote NO on any more money to underwrite this war. It has created a new generation of would-be terrorists all over the world, some of whom used to admire the US. Bringing our troops home would, if nothing else, bring them out of harm’s way by removing them as a target in the middle of Iraq’s civil war.
May 24, 2007 at 9:36 pm
B y giving in to Bush and his Perpetual War Machine, the Democrats have become accomplices to his many crimes.
May 24, 2007 at 9:54 pm
I left a message with Congressman LaHood of Illinois to vote “NO.” His secretary accepted the information and took my name and addres. I would have told her more–about the futile waste of the war and the need for a stronger bill, but she only wanted “the facts, Ma’am.
May 24, 2007 at 9:59 pm
I called Diana DeGette, Dist 1, CO, 5/22 to tell her of my disappointment and demand that she not only vote no but it was her duty to get er coleagues to do same. I didn’t care if it was calling in favors, blackmail or getting on her knees to beg…No More Politics for Blood; I called Madam Speaker to tell her how DEEPLY ashamed I was that she had failed us so badly. Her promise to have a bill before the holiday resulted in this travesty. She dishonored her position and her seat. No matter how she voted, she is responsible and the blood is now on the hands of the Congress for their inaction and refusal to stop the war. This was what we asked of them when we worked so hard to get them elected, GET OUT OF IRAQ and they faied us, lied to us and betrayed us
I called Senator Allard, R, CO and Ken Salazar, D (ha!), CO to relay my utter disgust with both of them in their inability to follow a simple, moral mandate of 70% ++ of the American people - Get out of Iraq. No politics for blood. They should all be thoroughly ashamed and I will do what ever I can to make sure that Salazar moves out of DC after one term. Allard is just following along with his master like Renfield to Dracula
I have left messages for about 40 other senators and representatives with those messages. I don’t care if I am a constituent or not, I helped make calls to get these guys elected and they betrayed our trust.
I have written letters to the editors of all local papers andasked them to publish the following OPEN LETTER TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY:
So ya just had to get home for the holiday? Barbecue on the beach waiting? Too much fun in the sun planned? Our children Rot while you frolic this weekend……..
Well, you have stunned a nation and sorely pissed off millions who hung change at your door.
I am ASHAMED that I actually worked to get you people elected.
We worked hours, days, weeks, months…..7.1 million calls in 5 days….7.1 million people we pushed to get out and vote you into the sacred offices that you have just sold to Bush and the rest of the vampires in the Oval Office
THE BLOOD IS NOW ON YOUR HANDS – there are 6 quarts of blood in an adult human; 1.5 gallons of the life force pulsing through the veins of each one of those American soldiers in the desert.
5,146.5 gallons of that life force from those who were raised on the American continent; who joined the military for a variety of reasons from poverty to patriotism, manipulation to misinformation, and their blood now soaks the sands in the Middle East. They did not get to finish school, kiss their new baby, tell their wife or husband how much they missed their families or say good-bye to their parents. They did not get the chance you have to live and grow old with dignity and grace. Instead their blood feeds the sands making sticky ochre of dust and blackened goo…Burnt red clays under a hot sun
You have nothing to say to the citizens who have been screaming in the streets; who hired you to speak for them; and who simply asked you to bring an end to this illegal and immoral death sentence Bush has given our children and the children of those lands in the Middle East
Yours is a black heart and a soul worthless and inhuman
You decided to pour the blood of our children into the mouth of the war machine and you are now eager participants in this most unholy of Crusades
NO MORE POLITICS FOR BLOOD!
May 24, 2007 at 10:40 pm
They people are saying we don’t want the war it is outrageous that those we have elected into office listen to the corporate lobby instead of the people. It’s time we got rid of all who will not listen. The blood of all those who die on both sides is on the hands of those who will not vote to end this war.
May 24, 2007 at 10:41 pm
I have seen the impact that this war has had on families. Those who lost their sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, and others have had to grieve for their lost love ones. For those whose relatives and friends are still alive or have actually returned home, there is the mental and sometimes physical impact that our presence in the Middle East has had. My future brother-in-law can be called back until 2008 after serving once already in Iraq and Afghanistan. He might even miss his wedding! No more blood, no more pain, no more pointless wars! Bring our troops home for good!
May 24, 2007 at 10:54 pm
Dude y’all… yeah, this is a troll-ish posting, and I agree… I want our boys home last week. There’s only one problem with that: We’re not done in Iraq. Sure, we don’t like this war, sure we don’t like it that our sons, brothers, mothers, fathers, and friends are dying over there but the reality of the situation is that their efforts over there REALLY DO maintain our freedom and ability to protest this war over here.
Our planet is way too globalized for any of us to think that a free Iraq crumbling due to our premature departure won’t come back and bite us in our collective behind. If Iraq falls, that means we’ve let the terrorists win on top of supplying them with a readily available home-base country to operate from within. That means more deaths of other around the world, more Iraqi deaths, more dead innocent children, more dreams and lives shattered. Sure, that stuff is happening to us now, but freedom isn’t free. We all know this. If you think you’re entitled to your freedom without some sacrifice somewhere by someone to maintain it, then you need to read your history books and remember how and why our country is as great as it is.
We MUST win over there. We have no choice. If you want to get mad at somebody, get mad at Rumsfeld. It was HIS poor decision making that got us where we are. He authorized HALF the troops recommended by the GENERALS of our various armed forces branches, and then REDUCED the troop level after we’d taken Saddam down. Our generals (professional soldiers mind you who have devoted their lives to learning the most effective and least casualty prone methods of combat) requested 400,000 troops based upon the results of simulations and war games that had been run prior to our invasion. Rumsfeld gave them 250,000 in a lame, ill-fated and probable attempt to show that American technology could make up for lack of numbers. He ignored everyone and got us stuck in a situation with no way out.
You say support our troops by bringing them home. I say support Iraq by keeping them there. That country deserves a fighting chance that they’ve never had before, a chance that we’ve all taken for granted. Come on everyone. Give a positive resolution a chance. Yes, it isn’t as pretty and neat as any of us would like, but staying until the job is done is the best possible course of action for everyone involved. If you disagree with me, that’s okay because our soldiers have died all over the world to make sure you retain that right.
May 24, 2007 at 11:01 pm
Thousands are fed up with this WAR mess we are in. Why don’t we - our country - stand up and act to get out!
May 24, 2007 at 11:18 pm
God….stop being intimidated by this administration and do it RIGHT!
May 24, 2007 at 11:21 pm
When will we start working on peace? We have a War Committee, now we need the Peace Commitee, which is being talked about. There are so many Iraqis being killed also, which is not being talked about. We need to teach negotiations, peace, and we need to ask our lawmakers to start sometime, and that is now.
May 24, 2007 at 11:57 pm
Well, so much for the 2006 historical vote!
Why can’t the Congress see what so many Americans can see - that all this talk about “supporting the troops” is just a technique this president uses to yank at heartstrings, because he knows it works. Well, he HASN’T supported the troops very well anyway. This bill will give plenty of money to the well-supplied and well-paid mercenaries that he regards has his troops, and will give his contractor friends more cash to stuff into their mattresses. OUR exhausted, overworked, underpaid, ill, and highly stressed troops might, MIGHT, get the dregs. With this White House, such has it always been.
We also know Bush is preparing for YET ANOTHER surge. I hope it is not for attacking Iran! Of course, once they are over there, we will have to “support” them, when refusing THIS money might have kept them home!
May 24, 2007 at 11:58 pm
[...] “Funding the troops means more troops are going to die.” I would add “and so will tens of thousands of Iraqis” to the above quote from U.S. Representative Maurice […] [...]
May 25, 2007 at 12:05 am
The 2006 vote had little to do with the war. The Dems who defeated incumbent Republicans or won in Republican areas; won because they moved to the right of the Republicans. The cry of the lefty loons desparate for validation is the vote was about the war. It was not.
Either pull out now (100% surrender) or fight it to the end (100% victory) those are the only two options. Period.
May 25, 2007 at 12:17 am
[...] “Funding the troops means more troops are going to die.” [...]
May 25, 2007 at 12:37 am
How could you possible say you love this country? You’re just like all the rest of the greedy, power hungry in Washington. One post says give them a fighting chance. They are a people of many. If they want a change, let them fight and die for it. We can’t change a way of life that has existed since Jesus walked on earth. We can’t invade a country and demand they change their way of living, when they don’t all agree or want another way of life. As with Vietnam. Has Washington learned nothing. We lost 58,000 American soldiers so 58,000 could flee their country and live in freedom here in the United States. As in Jraq. They flee their own country. Stand up and fight for your freedom. Our soldiers fighting and dying in Iraq isn’t for our freedom. Their leader for 30 years was a madman but not near the threat to the U. S, as other countries are today. We cannot free the whole world or fight the whole world. This war is insane. Bring them home today. They are exhausted, tired, worn out. Send every Iraqi who fled living in the U.S. and other countries back to their country to fight for it. The bottom line is, we should not have invaded Iraq and since we have done more harm than good, end it now. No more lives for lost cause. They are in civil war, let them battle ir out. The whole world is sick of this war. We are disgraced, detested, hated around the world because of this insane decision to invade, declare war on another country. The first administration to do it. Killed thousands and thousands of innocent women and children. Can no one in Washington see that?