Rahm Emanuel, on Real Time with Bill Maher, said refusing to provide funds for the Iraq war wasn't a viable option. Essentially his rationale was that the funding bill for the Iraq war provided improved Humvees and body armor which was necessary for the safety of our soldiers in Iraq.
My initial reaction on reading this, was that this was bullshit. Of course, we all want to support our troops, but if these things were necessary for the safety of the troops, couldn't they just be put in a separate bill for the purchase of Humvees and body armor?
I'm sure you see the problem with this though. What are we spending money on in connection with our presence in Iraq that doesn't help the troops? And if everything in the Iraq war funding bill helps the troops, what do we defund? And if what we defund doesn't impair the ability of the troops to perform their mission, how effective can it be?
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