By Doug Long Rio Rancho, NM
Congress recently bowed to the will of George W. Bush over the will of the American people by funding Bush’s Iraq war with no meaningful accountability. Rather than accepting their Constitutional war powers responsibility and using the power of the purse to end this failed war as they did with the Vietnam war, Congress timidly caved in to Bush.
In so doing, Congress and Bush will continue sending our sons and daughters to die in a dishonest and incompetent war that, according to our intelligence agencies, promotes anti-U.S. terrorism and endangers our country. This is an absolute outrage and a betrayal of our troops, our democracy and our country.
Speaker of the House Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid say they will still try to end the war. But why would Bush end his war when Congress has proven they lack the spine to stand up to him? Even Reid and many other Democrats voted to continue this endless war with a check written with the blood of our troops.
Most members of Congress failed to stand up to Bush. For the sake of our country, we must stand up to those members of Congress in the next election.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on July 14, 2007. Read the original PDF.