Bipartisan voice must be raised against funding to prolong war
Tennessean
by staff
10/13/07
Running into one obstacle after another, opponents of the war in Iraq are shifting tactics to prevent any steps that would prolong the bloody conflict. Democrats in Congress have had a series of setbacks as they tried to set timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals or reassign more soldiers to non-combat roles. Each time, President Bush was able to use his veto power or congressional Republicans were called upon by the administration to block legislation. With the weight of public opinion solidly on the side of Democrats in this endeavor, the failures have been disheartening — no more so than when the president called for a $190 billion increase in spending on Iraq and Afghanistan through September 2008. It’s the largest single request for those conflicts since they began. The amount is staggering on its own; added to the half-trillion dollars already spent on Iraq, it’s almost unthinkable...
http://tinyurl.com/ynnh89
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by staff
10/13/07
Running into one obstacle after another, opponents of the war in Iraq are shifting tactics to prevent any steps that would prolong the bloody conflict. Democrats in Congress have had a series of setbacks as they tried to set timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals or reassign more soldiers to non-combat roles. Each time, President Bush was able to use his veto power or congressional Republicans were called upon by the administration to block legislation. With the weight of public opinion solidly on the side of Democrats in this endeavor, the failures have been disheartening — no more so than when the president called for a $190 billion increase in spending on Iraq and Afghanistan through September 2008. It’s the largest single request for those conflicts since they began. The amount is staggering on its own; added to the half-trillion dollars already spent on Iraq, it’s almost unthinkable...
http://tinyurl.com/ynnh89
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 15. Okt, 11:20
