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Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Iraq War: Enough Already!
By Jerry Nadler, during the Iraq debate in the House: The Iraq War is President Bush's war. The President deceived the American people and Members of Congress when he made the case for war. Every reason we were given for invading Iraq was false. Weapons of Mass Destruction? Not there. Saddam Hussein working hand-in-glove with Al Qaeda? Not true. And the more information that leaks out, the more apparent it becomes that these were not mistakes, but deliberate lies... We need to say "Enough already!" Enough with the lies, and the deceit and the evasions! Enough with the useless bloodshed.
Labels: Iraq war, jerry nadler, resolution
Monday, February 12, 2007
Congress should force the President
By Wes Clark, commenting on the non-binding Iraq resolution being discussed in the House: The purpose of any Resolution is to demonstrate strength of resistance to the President's strategy- so a non binding resolution is ok as a first step if it gets a broad measure of support. But in order to affect the president's strategy, the Democrats have to threaten something the President wants. This is what our Congressional leadership should be working on...is it confirmation of judges, approval of budget requests, supplementals, or whatever...the power of the purse, as well as the power to investigate, are essential powers of the Congress. I would like to see our top Congressional leaders go to the White House - after they've shown they have the leverage - and force the President to modify his strategy. I've pretty much explained what the strategy should be...but the key question now is, do we have the Congressional leverage?
Labels: congress, Iraq war, resolution, wes clark
