Is Sen. Obama (& colleagues) doing anything to STOP BUSH from going to war with Iran??

polichick

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:08 AM
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Is Sen. Obama (& colleagues) doing anything to STOP BUSH from going to war with Iran??

How can Congress let it happen ~ AGAIN?!?

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Occam Bandage

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:10 AM
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1. What would you like him to do? I'd advise writing him and asking him to do it.

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MoonRiver

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Mon Jun-30-08 12:49 PM
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8. How about LOUDLY speaking out against it!

But noooo, nary a peep from Obama. :(

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polichick

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Mon Jun-30-08 01:10 PM
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12. Exactly - at least!

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sandyj999

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:11 AM
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2. I'm Wondering the same. Where is the outrage or they just going to sit there again?

Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 10:13 AM by sandyj999

I don't mean Obama specifically I mean all those people we worked so hard to put into office!

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ananda

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:13 AM
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3. Ermm..

A large majority of the country spoke in the last
election .. and are still wanting the USA to end
this war now.

So.. if Obama is not speaking out against the war
and other corporate fascist interests like FISA,
you can draw your own conclusions.

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global1

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:37 AM
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4. Didn't This Come At A Hillary/Obama Debate And Didn't They.....

say they were going to introduce legislation to stop *Co from going into Iran?

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TexanDem

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:46 AM
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5. what an outrage that there's no opposition to this - in fact, very little TV news about it

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polichick

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Mon Jun-30-08 01:06 PM
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11. I'm so outraged I don't even feel like working on getting out the vote!

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TexanDem

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Mon Jun-30-08 03:55 PM
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14. Indeed! Me too! I think the "honeymoon" is just about over.

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slipslidingaway

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Mon Jun-30-08 10:53 AM
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6. K&R Are Congressional Democrats Leading Us to War With Iran?

Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 10:54 AM by slipslidingaway

Nothing that I can see :(

And the few that have spoken out against the Iran war drums have been silenced by the media, those who are in front of the cameras constantly say nothing to push back against this dangerous game.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3534545

A few people have said that this bill will be voted on when Congress returns, 220 cosponsors on the House bill and 32 cosponsors on the Senate bill.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hc110-362

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=sr110-580

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/senseof.htm

"Sense of" resolutions are typically used as:

...On foreign affairs: a way to express the opinion of the people of the United States to the government of a foreign nation; and

..Although "sense of" resolutions have no force in law, foreign governments pay close attention to them as evidence of shifts in U.S. foreign policy priorities."

Legislation already passed - H.R. 6198 Iran Freedom Support Act

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h109-6198

"To hold the current regime in Iran accountable for its threatening behavior and to support a transition to democracy in Iran..."

Just a reminder...

H.R. 4655 <105th>: Iraq Liberation Act of 1998

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h105-4655

To establish a program to support a transition to democracy in Iraq.

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polichick

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Mon Jun-30-08 12:45 PM
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7. Thank you for the links! Very disturbing - hard to tell who's on our side anymore.

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slipslidingaway

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Mon Jun-30-08 01:16 PM
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13. YW, I cannot believe how this is escalating without hardly any

challenges.

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Imagevision

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Mon Jun-30-08 01:00 PM
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9. Special ops have been in Iran for 6 months+ will Bush attack before or after the GE.?

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polichick

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Mon Jun-30-08 01:04 PM
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10. I think before - it's the perfect thing to scare Americans into voting Republican...

Edited on Mon Jun-30-08 01:05 PM by polichick

And it would help Bush salvage his legacy as much as he can.

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barack the house

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Mon Jun-30-08 04:52 PM
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15. It's people power that will avert it with very, very adamant calls to all congress people.

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