The U.S. House Is Yakking and Voting Billions for War, and the Silence Outside Is Deafening

The U.S. House Is Yakking and Voting Billions for War, and the Silence Outside Is Deafening
Submitted by davidswanson on Thu, 2007-11-15 01:44. Activism

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Organizations and individuals who fail to criticize this new funding vote will relinquish the right to criticize the occupation of Iraq. If you silently support funding it, you oblige yourself to remain silent on the horrors of it. We are citizens, not partisans, and only as citizens will we survive this ordeal. If this passes the Senate (or is altered in a conference committee) and is sent to the White House, Bush will have the option of accepting $50 billion more for his ongoing crime. If Bush vetos, or the Senate rejects, or the $50 billion runs out, we'll be back in the House - and with what strength to press for an end to these bills? What strength remains after caving in completely this evening? What peace pledge? What Out of Iraq Caucus? What Progressive Caucus? What opposition party? The silence of millions of Americsns who have demanded an end to funding for the past year or for the past five years is absolutely deafening. It's the sound of our tombs. Speak now, people, or forever forget about peace.

UPDATE: 15 Democrats voted No: Allen, Baird, Barrow, Boren, Cooper, Kucinich, Lampson, Marshall, Matheson, McNulty, Michaud, Snyder, Stark, Tanner, Taylor. Only Kucinich and Stark were among the 90 who had signed the peace pledge. The other 88 lied to us.

have simply given up the ghost. The Power Base in the Democratic
support the war. There is no difference between Dems and Republicans.
They see we have an all powerful president and a congress too fearful
to pull rank on him . This in my opinion is what average citizen.

Realistically, let us face the truth. There is not a dimes worth
of difference between the two parties on Foreign Policy and War.

The Outcome of this just May BE a Republican Win for President.
The Gop comes across on TV as the stronger party.

Do I like this no. I became a realist a long time ago.