John Edwards-Tell Congress: No Funding for Escalation

[rodeodance]

----- Original Message -----
From: John Edwards <[e-mail]>
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 5:15 pm
Subject: Tell Congress: No Funding for Escalation
To: xxxxxxx

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> A MESSAGE FROM JOHN EDWARDS '08
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> Dear xxxx,
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> Tonight, President Bush is expected to adopt the McCain Doctrine
> and announce his plan to send up to 20,000 more troops to Iraq.
> That is a grave mistake.
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> The president's decision is wrong for Iraq and wrong for America
> -- and it's time for the new Congress to stop Bush from
> stubbornly pursuing his failed strategy in Iraq.
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> Congress should make it clear to the president that he will not
> get any money to put more of our troops in harm's way until he
> provides a plan to turn responsibility of Iraq over to the Iraqi
> people and to ultimately leave Iraq.
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> Click here to sign a petition calling on Congress to block
> funding for Bush's escalation of the war in Iraq:
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> http://johnedwards.com/r/5011/334102
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> The situation in Iraq demands a political solution -- not an
> escalation of the war that our generals agree won't help.
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> Escalating the war in Iraq sends the wrong message to the Iraqi
> people, to the region, and the world.
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> To get the Iraqis to begin to take responsibility for their
> country, we must show them that we are serious about leaving. And
> the best way to do that is by actually starting to leave --
> beginning by immediately withdrawing 40,000-50,000 of our troops,
> not escalating the war.
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> George Bush wants to dig a deeper hole, but we need to climb out.
> Join me in calling on Congress to block funding for Bush's
> escalation in Iraq:
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> http://johnedwards.com/r/5012/334102
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> Only when the U.S. starts leaving will the Iraqi people and other
> regional powers be forced to step up and engage in the search for
> a political solution -- and bring an end to the sectarian
> violence.
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> This president has had nearly four years to get Iraq right -- and
> at every step, he's gotten it wrong. Tonight, he's more wrong
> than ever about what America needs to do. It's time for Congress
> to act. And it's time for America to begin leaving Iraq.
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> Tell Congress to stop Bush's escalation of the war:
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> http://johnedwards.com/r/5013/334102
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> Thank you for taking action,
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> John Edwards
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> P.S. Please forward this email on to everyone you know --
> Congress needs to hear from all of us that the American people
> are opposed to escalating the war in Iraq.
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[jgraz]

1. Link to original HTML message

http://homepage.mac.com/jgraz/Edwards.html

My original post got eaten by the DU fairy...

[mike_c]

2. signed!

eom

[mdmc]

3. nice to see him on the right side

good...:patriot:

[Moloch]

4. Its easy for somebody to criticize the war...

now that 70% of Americans are against it.

Maybe if Edwards would have had some courage and done the right thing back in 2002, we wouldn't be in the catastrofuck we're in today.

[Rebellious Republican]

5. Its nice to see our leaders starting to use the term "Escalate"! N/T

:applause:

[citizen snips]

6. done

n/t

[RadiDem]

7. Good man! It's about time for Hillary to speak out