I have expected for a month or so now that Obama would escalate forces in Afghanistan. Even though it was expected, I am still very unhappy about it. We supposedly dont even have the money for healthcare reform or to fix our economy, yet they are planning on more troops. We have had enough of this and it should be stopped.
Democrats have the power in Congress to stop this disaster from happening. There are probably a good 180 House Democrats and probably even 40+ Republicans who are simply tired of seeing money being thrown at these wars that dont benefit the people in this country a bit and would vote not to allow funding for this escalation.
If Democrats in Congress simply roll over and give this President what he wants on this wrongheaded policy after they were unable to do much of anything about healthcare or anything else, they simply dont deserve our support anymore.
I think we need to start a movement to get as many Democrats in Congress as possible to vote to block any funding for increased troops to Afghanistan. We dont have to be like Republicans and simply roll over and do whatever our President tells us. We must stop this disaster from happening.