binding legislation and revocation of the aumf should have been pursued from day one, or at least in the first 100 hours, of the new congressional session... Key lawmakers, backed by party leaders, are drafting legislation that would effectively revoke the broad authority granted to the president in the days Saddam Hussein was in power, and leave U.S. troops with a limited mission as they prepare to withdraw.
Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., intends to present the proposal to fellow Democrats next week, and he is expected to try to add the measure to anti-terrorism legislation scheduled to be debated later this month. Officials who described the strategy spoke only on condition of anonymity, noting that rank-and-file senators had not yet been briefed on the details.
if the dems really want to practice "bipartisanship," they would do well to reach out to every congressional r, and make a very strong case why a revocation measure should be passed... and by "reach out," i don't mean a hand on the shoulder... i'm talking about long, arduous, closed-door sessions where the dems show just how badly iraq has damaged, is damaging, and will continue to damage this country for years to come, even if it's stopped immediately... the crippling cost, the horrendous loss of life, the creation of a failed state, the sacrifices of thousands of families and friends, the social and political polarization, the destruction of the u.s. reputation in the international community, the wrecked lives of physically and mentally disabled vets, the war profiteering, and the lies that took us to war in the first place, all need to be laid on the table... timidity and inaction against the possibility that they will be accused of aiding and abetting terrorism and not supporting the troops should also be labeled for the bullshit it really is...
because, as we learned yesterday, the prediction of 10 more years in iraq (see previous post) plus the continuing pronouncements of darth (see below) and others, make it clear that, unless the brakes are forcibly put on this administration, iraq will remain a colony in the empire... Dick Cheney on Friday warned that the United States and ally Australia "simply cannot indulge" thoughts of an early withdrawal from Iraq as it would spawn a new wave of global terror.
Cheney, launching a two-day visit to key US ally Australia, praised Prime Minister John Howard's staunch support of the US-led war and its fight against terror, saying the only option for survival was to fight back ferociously.
As Britain announced a decrease in its troop numbers in Iraq and countries such as Denmark prepare to pull out of the coalition, he linked victory in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with stemming a global tide of terrorism.
"The notion that free countries can turn our backs on what happens in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, or any other possible safe haven for terrorists is an option we simply cannot indulge," Cheney said in a speech in Sydney.
so, don't you dare even THINK about withdrawal... cheney is friggin' unbelievable, but, like the energizer bunny, he keeps on goin'... he's gotta go... they ALL gotta go...Labels: Afghanistan, AUMF, Australia, Dick Cheney, Iraq, Iraq death toll, Iraq resolution, John Howard
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