OT The latest Liberal Drivel from MoveOn.org...LOL

Dear MoveOn member,

Congress has barely debated the war in Iraq or its aftermath since it
voted to authorize the use of force in October 2002. Now, the Bush
administration is skipping the normal budget process to ask for an
additional $82 billion to fund the American presence in Iraq. Among
the big-ticket items, a $600 million embassy and some 14 "enduring"
bases.[1] Those bases, and the absence of an exit strategy, will
worsen, not improve the situation in Iraq.

And, remember the last $87 billion Congress authorized for the war: a
whopping $9 billion of it is missing because of corrupt
contracting.[2] We must root out the corporate corruption that has
undercut the rebuilding efforts and lost billions of taxpayers' money.

As it considers another $82 billion for Iraq, Congress needs to insist
that America has an exit strategy from Iraq with a timeline, that we
do not construct permanent bases in Iraq and that we end war
profiteering by corporations. Please sign our petition urging Congress
to act today.

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So far we've spent at least $200 billion invading, policing and now
trying to rebuild Iraq. There are more than 150,000 U.S. troops there,
yet the situation continues to worsen. In February of this year there
was an average of 70 attacks per day by insurgents. A year ago, the
average number of attacks per day was 14. Similarly, the number of
insurgents has more than tripled over the last year.[3]

Things haven't been improving much for Iraqis health and welfare,
either. They have, on average, only 8 hours of electricity per day.
Unemployment is between 28 and 40 percent. More than 700,000 children
have dropped out of school and malnutrition rates among children in
Iraq have nearly doubled since Saddam was in power.[4] And, in January
the National Intelligence Council confirmed that Iraq is now a
breeding ground for terrorists.[5]

Many of the challenges we face in Iraq are because our posture is one
of a permanent presence. The lack of an exit strategy and the
construction of permanent bases are provocative signals to Iraqis,
implying an occupation that could last for generations.

War profiteering by dozens of firms in Iraq is draining the
reconstruction effort. One firm, Custer Battles, was paid
approximately $15 million to provide security for civilian flights at
Baghdad International Airport, even though no planes flew during the
contract term.[6]

While all of this is going on Congress remains silent on the war,
refusing to debate its conduct or how to exit the country.

Please sign our petition. Insist that Congress does its job.

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Congress needs to hear from you.

Thanks for all you do.

--Tom Matzzie and the MoveOn PAC Team
Monday, April 4th, 2005

--
Scott in Florida