Stand Firm
No president can pursue a war if he doesn’t have the public’s support. Our message to our elected representatives should be: “This is not the time for political calculation. This is the time for political courage. Stand firm against Bush. Get our troops out of Iraq.” If they don’t listen, we vote them out of office, because it’s better to be a defeated Democrat, than a cynical political coward with blood on your hands.
The supplemented budget is a way of supporting the troops and a way for our representatives in the Congress to let the voters know that their listening to them. Congressional leadership know that Bush is going to veto the bill, but sooner or later, he’s going to get the message that you can’t conduct a war without public support.
There has been 3,316 Americans killed and more than 3,584 coalition deaths. The BBC reported that their government's own scientists estimated that 650,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the American and British led invasion in March 2003. The UK's Department for International Development concluded that the study's methods were likely to result in an "underestimation of mortality".
We were misled into invading Iraq, and we’ve made a mess of things. Bush continues to look for an elusive “victory”, which hasn't even been articulated.
The American voters have gotten it and last November, Democrats were given a two-year contract in the House of Representatives. Congressional Democrats know they have an obligation to fulfill the reason voters put them in charge.
Bush asked for $103 billion for expenses related to fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. He not only got the funding, but also a series of deadlines for withdrawing our troops from Iraq. The Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act provided an additional $21 billion in spending, much of it unrelated to war. Democrats are telling Bush, his supporters in Congress and the voters that: “We’re going to use every means possible to let you know that those troops are coming home.”
The supplemented budget is a way of supporting the troops and a way for our representatives in the Congress to let the voters know that their listening to them. Congressional leadership know that Bush is going to veto the bill, but sooner or later, he’s going to get the message that you can’t conduct a war without public support.
There has been 3,316 Americans killed and more than 3,584 coalition deaths. The BBC reported that their government's own scientists estimated that 650,000 Iraqi civilians have died since the American and British led invasion in March 2003. The UK's Department for International Development concluded that the study's methods were likely to result in an "underestimation of mortality".
We were misled into invading Iraq, and we’ve made a mess of things. Bush continues to look for an elusive “victory”, which hasn't even been articulated.
The American voters have gotten it and last November, Democrats were given a two-year contract in the House of Representatives. Congressional Democrats know they have an obligation to fulfill the reason voters put them in charge.
Bush asked for $103 billion for expenses related to fighting the war on terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan. He not only got the funding, but also a series of deadlines for withdrawing our troops from Iraq. The Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health, and Iraq Accountability Act provided an additional $21 billion in spending, much of it unrelated to war. Democrats are telling Bush, his supporters in Congress and the voters that: “We’re going to use every means possible to let you know that those troops are coming home.”
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