Congress has begun their Easter vacation without finalizing a spending bill for supplemental funding in Iraq. As might be expected the Pentagon has begun the scare tactics with warnings about spending delays affecting troop rotations, training, and readiness. This sort of propaganda just won't fly in the face of the facts. The pentagon has in its budget plenty of money to continue any activity already planned until well into May or even later. No expected delay in the current funding is going to affect any troops on the ground.
The issue at hand is benchmarks within the bill requiring signs of progress in Iraq in order for the American occupation to continue. Finally we are seeing signs of a Congress listening to the will of the people. The time has come to end the American occupation of Iraq. If a supplemental spending bill must be passed, then limits on future monies are appropriate. Our troops should not stay one day longer in Iraq than required for withdrawal, but that seems not to be the will of the Congress and certainly is not the will of the President.
Perhaps if every eligible voter rose in opposition to ongoing funding of the occupation we'd see an end to the loss of American lives. The time to tell your Congressional representatives your opinion is here. They are home for the Easter recess. There is no better time than the present to tell them NO MORE WAR.
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