89 House members to Bush: No more $ for occupation
The Nation
by John Nichols
10/16/07
The occupation in Iraq will begin to end on the day that Democrats — and responsible Republicans — in Congress decide to stop meeting the demands of the Bush-Cheney administration for more money to fund their imperial endeavor along with the massive war-profiteering by administration-linked firms such as Halliburton and Blackwater. This is a simple reality. But it remains one that most members of Congress, including many Democrats who should know better, fail to recognize. The essential document in the current Iraq debate is a letter of commitment, now endorsed by 89 members of the House, that says the signers ‘will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during FY08 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq before the end of President Bush’s term in office’...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=243293
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+profiteering
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troops+out+of+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Nichols
by John Nichols
10/16/07
The occupation in Iraq will begin to end on the day that Democrats — and responsible Republicans — in Congress decide to stop meeting the demands of the Bush-Cheney administration for more money to fund their imperial endeavor along with the massive war-profiteering by administration-linked firms such as Halliburton and Blackwater. This is a simple reality. But it remains one that most members of Congress, including many Democrats who should know better, fail to recognize. The essential document in the current Iraq debate is a letter of commitment, now endorsed by 89 members of the House, that says the signers ‘will only support appropriating additional funds for U.S. military operations in Iraq during FY08 and beyond for the protection and safe redeployment of U.S. troops out of Iraq before the end of President Bush’s term in office’...
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=243293
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=imperial
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=war+profiteering
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Halliburton
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Blackwater
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=troops+out+of+Iraq
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=John+Nichols
rudkla - 17. Okt, 13:02
