Bill Introduced in House to Bring Our Troops Home from Iraq
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-1), a Vietnam combat veteran, introduced a bill Tuesday, Feb. 28th that would return our military from Iraq upon the completion of the Iraqi constitutional amendment process. The bill, H.Con.Res. 348 titled "Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to accomplishing the mission in Iraq" states:
“Resolved in the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that it is the sense of the Congress that—
1) the United States should not maintain a permanent military presence or military bases in Iraq;
2) the United States should not attempt to control the flow of Iraqi oil; and
3) United States Armed Forces should be re-deployed from Iraq as soon as practicable after the completion of Iraq’s constitution making process or September 30, 2006, whichever comes first.”
After returning from his second trip to Iraq in January, Rep. Thompson crafted his legislation to send a clear message to the Iraqi insurgency and the Iraqi people about the US intensions. Rep. Thompson also visited Iraq before the US invasion and voted against the resolution giving Mr. Bush the authority to invade Iraq. “Today, the Iraqi insurgency is being fueled by the notion that we have become an occupying force in Iraq. We need to send a clear message that we have no intention on staying in Iraq indefinitely,” Thompson remarked. “Congress needs to tell the Iraqi people and the Arab world that we will not build permanent military bases in Iraq and that we will not attempt to control the flow of their oil.”
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