Oppose supplemental funding request for wars

The following message is from Democrats.com. It asks for people to oppose the Obama administration's request for a $33 billion supplement to the wars/occupations in Afghanistan and Iraq. See the reasons for the position taken by Democrats.com.

The "war" in Afghanistan is now the longest "war" in U.S. history. For what?George W. Bush let Osama bin Laden escape from Tora Bora way back in 2001, and then pulled troops and supplies out of Afghanistan so he could conquer Iraq.Since then, we've been "fighting" the Taliban, not the few remaining Al Qaeda. But we're not really "fighting" them, we're actually paying them protection money to let supply trucks reach our troops.

Rather than pay extortion to the Taliban - with our tax dollars! - it's time to bring our troops safely home.Tell Congress to vote NO on the $33 Billion supplemental for Afghanistanhttp://www.democrats.com/oppose-33-billion-war-supplemental-for-2010

To make matters worse, Gen. Stanley McChrystal made headlines with insubordinate attacks on his superiors. One year ago, Gen. McChrystal was put in charge of the "war" to devise a "winning" strategy. One year later, his strategy isn't "winning" because Afghanistan remains as massively corrupt as ever, under the hopelessly corrupt leadership of Hamid Karzai.

Tell Congress to vote NO on the $33 Billion supplemental for Afghanistanhttp://www.democrats.com/oppose-33-billion-war-supplemental-for-2010

American taxpayers can't afford the endless occcupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. We've already "spent" (actually just borrowed) over $1 trillion and sacrificed over 5,535 brave soldiers.

As our national debt spirals out of control, President Obama's Deficit Commission is secretly plotting cuts in Social Security and Medicare - instead of ending the disastrous "wars."
Under the Constitution, Congress alone has the power to fund wars. After eight disastrous years, it's time for Congress to use its power to bring our troops safely home from Afghanistan.

Tell Congress to vote NO on the $33 Billion supplemental for Afghanistanhttp://www.democrats.com/oppose-33-billion-war-supplemental-for-2010

Thanks for all you do!
Bob Fertik
Democrats.com Activist Alerts.