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The American people sent an unmistakable message to Congress last November: BRING THE TROOPS HOME FROM IRAQ! We're sick and tired of this illegal and immoral war, and sick and tired of the Rubber Stamp Congress we endured for 6 years. We the people didn't vote Dems into office and Repukes out of office because they like you or Dems in particular, we did it because we're mad as hell and won't take it any more.
I despise the Rovian term "micromanage the war" as much as you or anyone else does, because it insults the intelligence, and belittles your meager efforts to try to reason with George Bush. You CAN'T reason with fanatics, Nancy. You should know this by now.
Unfortunately, you don't seem to grasp the game Rove is playing. The fact that once Congress authorized this insane war based on lies in October, 2002 with the Iraq War Resolution, and since Congress has continued to pass legislation every year funding this fiasco to the tune of about $500 Billion to date, Congress has given Bush as Commander In Chief full authority under the Constitution to wage this war in any manner he chooses. Congress has no authority to "micromanage" Bush's decisions at this level, whether it be to better train the troops, or tell him he can't send more troops there as part of a war strategy. That trespasses on the authority of the Commander In Chief and would be declared unconstitutional if taken to the Supreme Court.
All Congress can do is declare war or rescind a declaration of war and either fund or cut off funding for the war.
You have two obligations to the American people in this respect and to date you don't seem to understand either the moral imperative or the limits of your own power. You *must* pass binding legislation rescinding the Iraq War Resolution. You *must also* pass binding legislation cutting off *all* funding for the Iraq War, and only funding the war in Afghanistan. Those are the only powers Congress possesses, and failure to exercise them is an endorsement of Bush's policies.
So you say the Democrats don't have the votes to override a veto in the Senate? So damned what! The House *must* pass this legislation NOW, send it to the Senate, and if it doesn't pass in the Senate, reintroduce it again in a week or two and keep doing that, putting pressure on the Senate in the media constantly until enough Republicans decide to distance themselves from the uproar and vote with the Democrats. Eventually, there should be enough votes to overcome a Presidential veto, and until there is, you have at the very least created a constitutional crisis that may stir even more Americans to action to put pressure on their Republican Senators.
The time is NOW! Already 2 months have passed since the Democrats took over Congress, and already an additional 200 American soldiers have died in Iraq. The Democrats now share with the Republicans the blood on their hands of those dead soldiers, and countless dead innocent Iraqis.
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