Lawmakers get little reaction to Obama's war plan

The switchboards and e-mail inboxes of members of Congress are not seeing much of a surge from President Barack Obama's plan to send more U.S. troops into Afghanistan.

Health care and Wall Street bailouts? Those issues light up the phones and get the digital juices flowing.

But lawmakers from across the political spectrum say their constituents seem to be too war-weary or preoccupied with matters at home to be making their voices heard in large numbers on Obama's troop increase.

The tepid response is a marked difference from three years ago, when President George W. Bush's decision to send more troops into a bogged-down Iraq war roiled the Capitol for months and prompted widespread protests.

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I called my rep and left a scathing message. I've been doing this for years, and won't stop, but it's not working- clearly-

It might be time for peace activists to throw everything we have into anti- recruiting, however with the economy in disaster,
and no job hopes for many kids futures that likely won't be very effective either.

I'm convinced more and more that Peace of the Action, is a good plan to demonstrate our discontent with all issues pertaining
to perpetual war and the military industrial complex.

http://peaceoftheaction.org/

and they don't listen to us.

I don't see all that many people in a given week, but no one has brought the subject up independently. That "no one" includes a couple of fairly mouthy, highly opinionated people. Jobs and the economy are more likely to be mentioned. Do others notice this?

Nobody's talking about the wars. Economy related issues, yes, wars no. (and I work in high volume retail)

After all the facts were presented...right...

It doesn't suprise me that the response is tepid. People like me know we're just wasting our breath.