Barack Obama Against War In Iraq? His Senate Voting Record Says " No "

  All that we have heard from the Obama camp is that he has been against the war in Iraq from the beginning of that joke. While he may have opposed the war before he made it into the Senate, he has voted for the funding/continuation of the war since he made the Senate, just as Hillary Clinton has done.

  Both of these to presidential hopefuls talk about bringing our troops home from Iraq, but the timelines that they would actually do it in are rather fuzzy. Both of these candidates also know that there is no way that all of our soldiers are coming home. Bush didn't have the worlds largest embassy built in Iraq for a short term visit, and these two candidates know this.

  Both Obama and Clinton might want to think about telling the truth so far as their support for this war is concerned. We've already known Mrs. Clinton's stance and it is now time for Barack Obama to stop with the " no war support " bullshit.

  More on this subject can be found here.

Technorati Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Iraq war

The War In Iraq: The Numbers

   From The Gavel    January 9th, 2008 by Office of the Speaker

· The Iraq war has already been going on for almost five years – longer than U.S. participation in World War II, World War I, the Korean War, or the Civil War.

· 3,912 brave U.S. troops have died in Iraq since the war began in March 2003 – 901 over the past year, making it the worst year for American military in Iraq. [Department of Defense, 1/9/08; icasualties.org, 1/9/08]

· Nearly 29,000 soldiers have been wounded in Iraq since the war began – 12,918 suffering injuries so serious they were prevented them from returning to duty. [Department of Defense, 1/9/08]

· The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office has estimated that, under the President’s policies, the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could total $2.4 trillion through the next decade.

· The war increasingly strains our military – now creating the worst crisis in U.S. troop readiness and our ability to respond to new threats since Vietnam.

· “Nearly half of U.S. diplomats unwilling to volunteer to work in Iraq say one reason for their refusal is they don’t agree with Bush administration’s policies in the country.” [AP, 1/8/08]  

Technorati Tags: Iraq, war in Iraq, Department of Defense, U.S. troops, Nancy Pelosi