OH for heaven's sakes, the democrats are not doing all we can to make our heros starve!! Good grief, it is no wonder that bush had such an easy time pulling the wool over your eyes!!
I want the people home! We never had an honest reason to be there. We, inspite of what some feel, do not have all the answers for the world, Let's get them home, and then get some jobs for them so they can earn a living! Oh and by the way, the earth will not last near long enough for us to 'win' ,they have been at war for ever!!
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Now Bush is back for $50 billion more, with another $150 billion request on tap for a war expected to cost a budget-busting $1.5 trillion by the end of 2008. Democrats are once again talking tough.
As much as Republicans and the media like to talk about the 60-vote threshold for any anti-war legislation, the fact is that if no legislation gets passed, there's no money for war. A tough and principled Democratic caucus could force compromise on this legislation and, if none were forthcoming from the GOP, then see the war defunded by default. Either way, the public would cheer.
If Reid and Pelosi stand firm they will finally fulfill one of their key 2006 campaign promises, proving they have the courage to stand tough for what they believe, while giving the vast majority of the American people what they want.
If they yield they will reinforce perceptions of Democratic weakness. Worse, they will be siding with an unpopular president and an unpopular Republican Party over an unpopular war, and their own popularity will suffer as a result.
The options to those of us outside of the Beltway are so obvious it's truly unfathomable that we are still left wondering which path the Democrats will take.
Markos Moulitsas is a contributor to NEWSWEEK and the founder and publisher of
DailyKos.com
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