[Peace-discuss] Rep. Johnson (R-IL15) voted no

[C. G. Estabrook]

I have, several times. (See the archives of peace-discuss.)

He still refuses to say that he would vote against further funding for war in 
Iraq and AfPak; e.g.,


John W. wrote:
 >
 >
 > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:44 AM, David Gill <docgill37 at yahoo.com> 
<mailto:docgill37 at yahoo.com>> wrote:
 >
 > I support a _responsible_ withdrawal of the troops.
 >
 > David Gill, M.D.
 >
 >
 >
 > Unfortunately "responsible withdrawal" has become a code word or phrase for
 > "we'll stay there as long as we want, until we in our infinite wisdom
 > determine that the (insert name of invaded/occupied peoples here) can 'take
 > care of themselves' in our paternalistic absence."
 >
 > Since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are illegal, immoral, and patently
 > foolish, the only truly responsible withdrawal would be what we finally ended
 > up doing in Viet Nam - not letting the door hit our troops in the ass during
 > their rather hasty retreat.
 >
 > John Wason
 >
 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 > *From:* E. Wayne Johnson <ewj at pigs.ag <mailto:ewj at pigs.ag>
 > *To:* David Gill
 > December 10, 2009 1:22:50 PM
 >
 > *Subject:* Re: [Peace-discuss] Tim Johnson congratulated us on being consistent
 >
 > Dr. Gill,
 >
 > We understand your attitude toward your opponent.
 >
 > Would you mind sharing your view on the War?



Brussel wrote:
> Ask him. --mkb
> 
> 
> On Dec 16, 2009, at 4:39 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
> 
>> [...as he said he would. From what we've read (and haven't read) on this list, we can assume that his Democratic opponent, David Gill, would have voted yes.]
>>
>>
>> 	House passes defense bill, rushes toward recess
>> 	By ANDREW TAYLOR (AP) – 3 hours ago
>>
>> WASHINGTON — The House has passed a $636 billion Pentagon spending bill that funds the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and provides a 3.4 percent pay hike for military personnel.
>>
>> Approving the defense bill was one of several major must-do tasks the House must address before its planned adjournment for the year at the end of the day.
>>
>> To accomplish that, Democratic leaders attached to the defense bill numerous temporary extensions of programs about to expire at the end of the year. Those included two-month extensions for federal highway programs and unemployment benefits.
>>
>> The defense bill includes $128 billion for the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but does not have money for the troop surge in Afghanistan recently ordered by President Barack Obama.
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