The Democratic congressional leadership on Tuesday formally accepted a supplemental war-funding bill that abandons any timelines for withdrawing US troops from Iraq. The bill further gives President Bush the power to waive economic penalties should the Iraqi government fail to meet a series of “benchmarks” for stabilizing the country and opening up its oil resources to exploitation by American oil conglomerates.
The agreement is a full and abject capitulation by the Democratic Party to the Bush administration. It is the inevitable and predictable outcome of months of antiwar posturing by Democratic leaders.
The terms of the deal were dictated by the White House, working in tandem with Republican Senator John W. Warner of Virginia, who put forward the proposal last week in an amendment co-sponsored by Democrats Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Robert Byrd of West Virginia. The bill would grant Bush’s request for more than $100 billion in additional funds to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan until the end of the current fiscal year on September 1.
MORE By Barry Grey
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/dems-m24.shtml
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US officials guilty of "sociocide" in Iraq must be held accountable
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The Democrats Sold Us Out
http://lists.riseup.net/www/arcsearch_id/theblacklist/2007-05/theblacklist.646@anonymous
Anti-War Activists Attack Democrats over Iraq Bill
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/24/1425
Is Bush Addressing the Root Causes of Terrorism -- or Aggravating Them?
http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1492
No More Compromise
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/05/24/no_more_compromise.php
Funding Bush's War: This Is No Game
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/05/23/funding_bushs_war_this_is_no_game.php
War Funding http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1491
Voices for Creative Nonviolence:
a comprehensive analysis of the 2008 Iraq war funding request for $145 billion http://vcnv.org/iraq-and-afghanistan-supplemental-spending-2008
Iraq’s "Year Zero"
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1158658410369&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout
The agreement is a full and abject capitulation by the Democratic Party to the Bush administration. It is the inevitable and predictable outcome of months of antiwar posturing by Democratic leaders.
The terms of the deal were dictated by the White House, working in tandem with Republican Senator John W. Warner of Virginia, who put forward the proposal last week in an amendment co-sponsored by Democrats Ben Nelson of Nebraska and Robert Byrd of West Virginia. The bill would grant Bush’s request for more than $100 billion in additional funds to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan until the end of the current fiscal year on September 1.
MORE By Barry Grey
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/dems-m24.shtml
Please also see:
US officials guilty of "sociocide" in Iraq must be held accountable
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2007/may2007/iraq-m24.shtml
The Democrats Sold Us Out
http://lists.riseup.net/www/arcsearch_id/theblacklist/2007-05/theblacklist.646@anonymous
Anti-War Activists Attack Democrats over Iraq Bill
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/24/1425
Is Bush Addressing the Root Causes of Terrorism -- or Aggravating Them?
http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1492
No More Compromise
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/05/24/no_more_compromise.php
Funding Bush's War: This Is No Game
http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2007/05/23/funding_bushs_war_this_is_no_game.php
War Funding http://www.accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=1491
Voices for Creative Nonviolence:
a comprehensive analysis of the 2008 Iraq war funding request for $145 billion http://vcnv.org/iraq-and-afghanistan-supplemental-spending-2008
Iraq’s "Year Zero"
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1158658410369&pagename=Zone-English-ArtCulture%2FACELayout