Forever War

While you debate superdelagates and primary outcomes, the House of Representatives is preparing to vote for war funding into the next administration. Is this what we want?

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is about to lead her party into a major showdown over Iraq funding by violating two Democratic campaign pledges in one fell swoop.

To the critics, whether anti-war activists or House Republicans, Pelosi has made her feelings clear: Get over it.

This week’s maneuvering over a $200 billion war spending bill has revealed Pelosi self-confidently playing what she believes - with increasing evidence - is a strong hand.

Strong enough that she is expected to break one promise - her 2006 pledge for a more open and inclusive committee process - by circumventing the powerful House Appropriations Committee on the Iraq bill.

And when the final Iraq bill reaches the president’s desk, any troop withdrawal conditions are likely to be gone from the legislation. That is another 2006 pledge that has fallen by the wayside.

I believe electoral politics channels much needed energy that would be going into the anti-war movement. Have either Obama or Clinton vowed to stop this war and all plans for war, such as Iran?

•  Tip jar or tomato throwing...

  I don't give a shit. What I care about is ending the war.

  by scorpiorising on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:33:12 PM PDT

•  Both Clinton and Obama

  Both Clinton and Obama have promised to end the war in Iraq, though they're different in how they would go about doing so.

  by silence on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:35:32 PM PDT

  •  Are they speaking against the funding?

    If not, then they speak with forked tongue.

    by scorpiorising on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:50:58 PM PDT

    •  Both voted for funding

      They've both voted for funding in the past.  I don't know what they're saying about it at the current bill.

      by silence on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:55:58 PM PDT