Reply #13: Congress clearly has the power to defund a war, to stop a war. [View All]

No where in the constitution is "last resort" mentioned.

Historically, congress can vote to fund, or can chose to not fund anything anywhere anytime.

The reason this congress doesn't stop providing the money for the illegal occupation has nothing to do with history and everything to do with fear of being labeled soft on defense. If the Dem controlled congress had it's way, they would freeze the situation just prior to the 06 Nov elections and stay right there until the 08 elections

It's not working out though. American voted for change and they are well aware that the Dem Congress is more interested in blaming bush for Iraq than taking away his license to kill.

http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1640263,00.html

At 14% approval, I think it's time they actually gave Americans real change. They keep talking about "A change of direction" when they should be implementing a complete 180 degree reversal.

MonkeyFunk, ever read HR1234, the Kucinich bill to withdraw ALL US Troops and mercenaries from Iraq? If you haven't, I suggest you read it because it's the best plan I've seen, both from an American perspective and from an Iraqi perspective. It withdraws the US and it provides a means to rescue Iraq from it's US inspired cluster fuck.

If the Dem controlled congress were truley wise. they would line up behind the bill and educate Americans on the bill. At the same time they would set a date certain to stop paying for the current illegal occupation. This could be achieved by simply not scheduling a vote on any funding bills that pay to continue the illegal occupation. Sure the Dems corporate patrons would be pissed about the end of the gravey train. But the American people would be equally happy to be untied from the gravey train tracks.