The Observation Deck

President George W Bush has declared he will not sign the recently passed Congressional measure funding the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He sent young men and women to fight in a war and now has decided not to provide them with the proper equipment and supplies

Before anyone says he doesn't agree with the provision calling for a pull-out, please make sure you are aware of a few things:

- The American people elected the current Congress because they
are not satisfied with the way these wars are going. Therefore,
the President had decided to go against the will of the majority.

- The resolution is non-binding. Dude can ignore it or put in a
signing statement like he has with other measures he doesn't
agree with.

So - who is Presiden George W Bush trying to impress ?

David

It's that Ol' Texas gunfighter in GWB. "There ain't room enough for the both of us in this here town!" TO hell with any electoral mandate, it's my way or the highway.

But you bring up an interesting point. Why not accept the funding, and then simply ignore the timeline, in the same way as the myriad "signing statements" excuse enforcement of so many other laws.

Jeff

Gentlemen- There's another category that falls into lack of funding for the war. Bush should have requested an income tax surcharge at the same time he requested authority to start a voluntary, electlive war.
Instead he pushed for and got a tax DECREASE!
Any time the country engages in a vanity war it ought to be paid for on a daily basis.
So, he won't fund the troops with the funds he isn't raising to begin with.
Stan

So, he won't fund the troops with the funds he isn't raising to begin with.

And with the money we're saving, we can save Social Security?

Jeff Endress wrote:

So, he won't fund the troops with the funds he isn't raising to begin with.

And with the money we're saving, we can save Social Security?

No, it's so we can pay Haliburton to create toxic dumps where New Orleans used to be.

It grows curiouser and curiouser

David Scott - Apparently the House version is binding.

"WASHINGTON (Associated Press) - 4-26-07 -- The Senate is expected to pass a bill today that would order the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin this fall. Last night, the House voted 218-208 to pass the $124.2 billion supplemental spending measure containing the provision. President Bush is expected to receive the bill next week, and swiftly veto it. The legislation is the first binding challenge on the war that Democrats have managed to execute since they took control of both houses of Congress in January."

Maybe there's a way out of this ......

A few years ago, Tina gave me a "gift Certificate" to buy a new pair of hiking boots. It was for "a secret but generous amount".

The funding bill could be modified to substitute " a date certain, known only to those with a need to know", or some such language. When the date came, poof! everybody's gone, much to the shock and awe of those who wouldn't know of the surprise date. I think it's a win/win.

Jeff