This is sad. So-called anti-war groups like MoveOn.Org and Win Without War are now abandoning the effort to cut off funding for the war--an effort that, in my humble opinion, is the best strategy to end the violence in Iraq and bring the troops home. This was first reported on Politico.com:
Top House Democrats, working in concert with anti-war groups, have decided against using congressional power to force a quick end to U.S. involvement in Iraq, and instead will pursue a slow-bleed strategy designed to gradually limit the administration's options.
Led by Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and supported by several well-funded anti-war groups, the coalition's goal is to limit or sharply reduce the number of U.S. troops available for the Iraq conflict, rather than to openly cut off funding for the war itself.
As the killings continue, these groups have to ask whether they have become so enamored with their access inside the Democratic Party leadership that they have now bought the Republicans line that cutting off funding shows a lack of support for the troops. Rather than take the line that the best support for the troops comes from people who don't want to spend a single penny more on anything BUT bringing the troops home.
Nothing kills a "well-funded anti-war movement" like ending a war...
Posted by: Billy O'Connor | February 18, 2007 at 06:34 PM