Practical Plans
Former Senator George McGovern has written a book entitled “Out Of Iraq, A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now.”
The plan calls for setting a date six months from now and during that six months we would withdraw every single American out of Iraq.
I prefer McGovern’s H.R. 746 plan over Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s H.R. 508, because it includes the 100,000 government contractors and mercenaries, Bush and his political allies are using taxpayer dollars to employ. Blackwater USA is owned by Eric Prince a secretive, mega-millionaire conservative and major bankroller of the Bush regime.
Nevertheless, Rep. Lynn Woolsey offered a strong sensible alternative. "Bring Our Troops Home and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act of 2007," establishes a six-month time frame for withdrawal for all U.S. military forces from Iraq from the date of enactment.
Woolsey’s plan, prohibits any further funding to deploy troops in Iraq but it does allow for funding to ensure the safe withdrawal of all U.S. personnel, the training and equipping of Iraqi forces, and, if the Iraqi government requests it, support for an international stabilization force. Such a force would be funded for no longer than two years and would be combined with economic and humanitarian assistance.
H.R.508 would also provide for full health-care funding for veterans, rescind the congressional authorization for the war in Iraq, prohibit the construction of permanent military bases in Iraq and ensure that the U.S. has no long-term control over Iraqi oil.
Congress has already appropriated funding that will keep the occupation going for at least six months. This money could be diverted to finance Woolsey’s bill. What’s more, her plan, as she said, "with the exception of veterans’ benefits, will cost the American people pennies on the dollar as compared to continuing the occupation for two more years."
Urge your congressional representative to co-sponsor one of these plans or to just get our troops redeployed out of Iraq.
The plan calls for setting a date six months from now and during that six months we would withdraw every single American out of Iraq.
I prefer McGovern’s H.R. 746 plan over Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s H.R. 508, because it includes the 100,000 government contractors and mercenaries, Bush and his political allies are using taxpayer dollars to employ. Blackwater USA is owned by Eric Prince a secretive, mega-millionaire conservative and major bankroller of the Bush regime.
Nevertheless, Rep. Lynn Woolsey offered a strong sensible alternative. "Bring Our Troops Home and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act of 2007," establishes a six-month time frame for withdrawal for all U.S. military forces from Iraq from the date of enactment.
Woolsey’s plan, prohibits any further funding to deploy troops in Iraq but it does allow for funding to ensure the safe withdrawal of all U.S. personnel, the training and equipping of Iraqi forces, and, if the Iraqi government requests it, support for an international stabilization force. Such a force would be funded for no longer than two years and would be combined with economic and humanitarian assistance.
H.R.508 would also provide for full health-care funding for veterans, rescind the congressional authorization for the war in Iraq, prohibit the construction of permanent military bases in Iraq and ensure that the U.S. has no long-term control over Iraqi oil.
Congress has already appropriated funding that will keep the occupation going for at least six months. This money could be diverted to finance Woolsey’s bill. What’s more, her plan, as she said, "with the exception of veterans’ benefits, will cost the American people pennies on the dollar as compared to continuing the occupation for two more years."
Urge your congressional representative to co-sponsor one of these plans or to just get our troops redeployed out of Iraq.
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