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# Oh, can you hear the pipes calling?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/oh-can-you-hear-the-pipes-calling-editor/
- Published: 2007-10-05T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T03:11:36.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Ron Lowe Santa Monica*

It’s time to show the president the door and cut the funding for his war. The question arises: Why do Democrats keep playing into the hands of Bush and the Republican war machine and continue funding a war 8,000 miles away? Congressional Democrats control the purse strings.

If left up to the will of the American people, the war would be winding down — 60 percent to 70 percent want out of Iraq and want our soldiers home in a timely fashion. If left up to Republicans, the war will continue on indefinitely — war plays well to the GOP conservative and religious faithful. Listen to Republican presidential hopefuls: It's onward Christian soldiers into battle we go.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 5, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/100507.pdf?ref=smdp.com)