[Peace-discuss] Defense News: War Supplemental Not Needed to Fund Troops

[Robert Naiman]

According to a plausible AP report  last Thursday, heavy political
pressure was expected on the House Democratic leadership this week to
approve a war supplemental for Afghanistan that contains no money to
avoid impending layoffs of school teachers and other public employees,
nor any kind timetable for military drawdown from Afghanistan. No
doubt many Republicans who support the endless and pointless war and
who oppose spending to avoid layoffs of teachers and other public
employees and to boost the domestic economy might be sorely tempted to
try to bully House Democrats into quickly approving the war money by
accusing them of "not supporting the troops" if they refuse to approve
the money this week, trying to imply that if the war supplemental is
not approved this week, pay or supplies for the troops might be
endangered.

But this claim has now been objectively refuted by Obama
Administration officials. If the war supplemental is not approved this
week, the troops will still be paid and the troops will still be fully
supplied. There is no "emergency" requiring action this week; there is
plenty of time for the House Democratic leadership to insist on
provisions in the war supplemental different from those preferred by
the Senate, including money for teachers and some kind of timetable
for military drawdown in Afghanistan.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-naiman/defense-news-war-suppleme_b_659458.html

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/7/26/131817/175

http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/657

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Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern

-- 
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org

Urge Congress to Support a Timetable for Military Withdrawal from Afghanistan
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/act/feingold-mcgovern