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Originally Posted by raycarey the dems were voted in to office 17 months ago to end the war. despite their best efforts, they've been unable to do so because of the strong war powers of the executive branch |
They failed miserably in putting the "best" effort forward. With their majority they failed to convince even Republicans opposed to the war to join in getting the 2/3 majority needed to override a veto. And the reason,
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Originally Posted by raycarey they're afraid to cut off funding. |
Because of potential political backlash from the war cry created by the GWB administration of "not supporting the troops". No funding, no continuance of the war full stop. Nothing to do with "supporting the troops" as some would have us believe.
And when McCain (if he should win) gets in and requests a much bigger package to expand the war, why do we think the congress will act any differently?