Today, Chris Dodd released the following statement on the Feingold-Reid amendment which would set a firm deadline for the redeployment of US troops from Iraq and cut off funding for combat operations after that deadline:
"We cannot wait until 2013 to end this war, or even 2009. We need to act to end our involvement in this civil war now and the only way to do that is for Congress to be clear with the President and the Iraqis that we will not support an open-ended deployment. Unfortunately, we are sending the exact opposite message when we indicate that we would allow combat operations to go for at least another six years or offer measures without an enforceable date for redeployment.
"The clarity we need will only come by setting a firm deadline for redeployment tied to funding as proposed by the Feingold-Reid amendment. Given that the Senate has had the opportunity to vote on amendments about newspaper ads and possibly one about a radio talk show host, I hope the leadership will allow us to vote on a substantive and meaningful amendment that would actually end the war."
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It appears as if there's something more than as President's obstinancy at work here, no person should have the power to exert his will as the current President has, especially when the call of the people (and the world, for that matter) has spoken.
According to the latest polling on the iss (ABC News/Washington Post Poll. Sept. 27-30, 2007. N=1,114 adults nationwide. MoE ± 3 (for all adults). Fieldwork by TNS.)
"Do you think the United States should keep its military forces in Iraq until civil order is restored there, even if that means continued U.S. military casualties; OR, do you think the United States should withdraw its military forces from Iraq in order to avoid further U.S. military casualties, even if that means civil order is not restored there?" Options rotated
Keep Forces Withdraw Forces Unsure
% % %
9/27-30/07 43 54 3
7/18-21/07 39 59 3
4/12-15/07 42 56 2
2/22-25/07 42 56 2
1/16-19/07 46 52 3
As these numbers show, the is not a super majority of Americans who wants us to surrender in Iraq. While there is a simple majority of Americans who do want to surrender, the effects of such an action on our nation's security is much too important to leave it up to a mere 11% split.
The ONLY acceptable option is victory. That being the Iraqi government in a position to have a democratically elected government controlling and securing their own country. We have a obligation to stay with them until that is acheived.