Congress is about to be presented with another supplemental request for military spending. Rumor has this request in the $100 billion range. At the rate of $800million per day in Iraq, that is only about a 4 month supply for the Pentagon. When will this process end? Senator Biden said recently he is opposed to any troop surge in Iraq and yet at every turn he votes to support the increasing expenditures for the occupation of Iraq. As a longtime member of the Senate Biden must know the President acting as commander-in-chief controls troop deployments. The Congress is responsible for appropriating monies to fund the military.
With the country on an increasing debt course the responsible position is not only opposition to the troop surge, but opposition to any future supplemental requests for Iraq. Senator Biden in the past has voted in favor of every supplemental spending bill to reach the Senate floor. Now is the time for a change. Beyond a simple message of opposition we must ask that Senator Biden vote against any further expenditures for Iraq beyond what is necessary for an American withdrawal. Senatory Bidens words are worthless without supportive action.
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