This is not our fight
Congress must end U.S. role in a civil war nobody voted for (you voted for war and you have NO Constitutional Authority to DICTATE how it's conducted)
By ROBERT KKK BYRD & HILLARY Rightwing Conspiracy CLINTON
Tuesday, July 10th 2007, 4:00 AM
On Oct. 11, 2002, the Senate gave President Bush authority to use force against Iraq. Nearly five years later, it is time for Congress to say enough is enough. (simple vote to end the funding)
The American people have waited long enough for progress in Iraq. They have waited long enough for the Iraqis to take responsibility for their own future. Today, more than 150,000 members of our armed forces are caught in a civil war. (out of 21 provinces only 3 are violent, hardly a civil war) According to the Pentagon, overall levels of violence in Iraq have not decreased since the surge began. The last three months have been the deadliest period for American troops since the start of the war. It is time for the waiting to end and for our troops to start to come home. (the surge has only been at strength for two weeks, and the violence has increased due to the enemy being engaged more)
That is why we propose to end the authorization for the war in Iraq. The civil war we have on our hands in Iraq is not our fight and it is not the fight Congress authorized. Iraq is at war with itself and American troops are caught in the middle. (that proposal is UN-Constitutional Congress has ONE OPTION CUT FUNDING PERIOD)
At a recent Senate hearing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was asked if the 2002 authorization still applies to Iraq. His response was surprisingly candid: "I don't know." Four years into the conflict in Iraq, longer than American involvement in World War II, after years of White House misjudgment and miscalculation, as our troops fight and die in the midst of an Iraqi civil war, the answer could not be clearer. (that what your proposing is unconstitutional and your defaming our troops. Never have there been so few casualties. 4 years and we have lost less men then we did in the first half of D-Day)
The 2008 defense authorization bill is now before the U.S. Senate. This legislation presents a vital opportunity for Congress to step up and force the President to change course in Iraq. Amending the bill to deauthorize the war would do exactly that. We intend to lead that effort.
If the Bush administration believes that the current war, as it is being executed, is critical to America's future, then it should make the case and let the people decide. Explain to the public why our young men and women should be sent into the middle of a fight between religious factions. Explain why we should continue to devote $10 billion each month to this fight. (because we are fighting a war on Terrorists who have said over and over that Iraq is the Main Front in this war. They have also said when they drive us out they will continue this war in our home country)
Prior to the vote on the original authorization of force in 2002, we worked to limit that authority to one year. Unfortunately, the amendment failed — a fact rendered all the more distressing in hindsight. (once again un-constitutional)
By deauthorizing the original use-of-force resolution this year, we would put a stop to the President's failed strategy and require him to articulate a new policy that takes into account the desires of the American people, the reality in Iraq and the recommendations of military experts.
The American people deserve to know how the President intends to judge the results of our ongoing efforts in Iraq and what strategy he proposes to bring the occupation to an end. (he is judging the results and unlike the democrats he is not using how many seats in congress he can gain by surrendering as his yard stick)
Our men and women in uniform toppled the dictator. There were no weapons of mass destruction. Iraq has established a parliament and elected a president and a prime minister. Yet our troops remain in Iraq and our President remains unmoved by any arguments to change course. (once again because it is the main front in the war on terror. The enemy knows that it's a shame a democrat can't comprehend such a simple truth)
As Bush admitted in his State of the Union address in January, "This is not the fight we entered in Iraq." We could not agree more. This is not the fight Congress authorized, Mr. President. If you want to continue to wage this fight, come to Congress and make your case. Otherwise, bring our troops home.
Byrd, senior senator from West Virginia, is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee. Clinton, junior senator from New York, is the first New Yorker to serve on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
These two are idiots, idiots that have been chosen by other idiots to represent them.
Congress has ONE CHOICE if they want to end the war. Cut the funding, anything else is un-constitutional. Isn't it odd that the one avenue that they have they refuse to use. Could it be that they know that if they cut the funding in the middle of a war it would be suicidal to them as a party?
Iraq is the MAIN FRONT in The War on Terror. Our enemies know it and the bulk of the American people know it. Iraq is also the most successful war in history. We have fought for 4 years and have lost very few people. Any loss is tragic and the Men and Women of our armed services are our best. Every one we have lost is a tragedy, but it is war. A war we did not start and a war we can NOT end by retreating.
What the Democrat Party is engaged in is Treason.
Byrd
Clinton
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