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

[C. G. Estabrook]

We shouldn't be willing to hear once again that the Democrats got some sort of 
window-dressing on their vote for war funding.  Particularly after this 
weekend's revelations about the administration's lies about the war, we should 
simply insist that representatives vote against any further money for war in SW 
Asia.

I'm glad to say that that is the position of our local member of Congress. (But 
his Democratic opponent won't make a similar promise.)


On 7/26/10 12:50 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> 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
>