Local Iowans Endorse Beginning Iraq Withdrawal Now

Last weekend, members of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) leadership, Vice Chairs Donna Brazile and Rep. Mike Honda (CA) and DNC Secretary Alice Germond from WV joined CA Rep.Barbara Lee to submit a resolution on ending the war in Afghanistan. It passed unanimously.

The DNC resolution said “the Democratic Party supports prioritizing job creation and a swift withdrawal of U.S. armed forces and military contractors in Afghanistan which must include a significant and sizable reduction no later than July 2011.”
　
There are at least 50,000 US troops in Iraq. The agreement between the US & Iraq negotiated in the last days of the Bush administration calls for ALL US troops to be out by the end of this year. There has been some talk in DC about getting that deadline extended. That must not happen.

Additional spending cuts must be approved in order for the federal government to avoid shut-down. Many worth-while programs have been cut, and more are vulnerable. Billions could be saved by immediate reductions in our military footprint in Iraq & Afghanistan.

Therefore, be it resolved that:

~Ed
Flaherty is a regular Blog for Iowa Contributor and President of the Iowa Chapter of
Veterans for Peace. He can be spotted around the state of Iowa, waging peace.