De-Authorize the War, Remove All the Troops
Congress has the power to end this war. They authorized the invasion of Iraq under the War Powers Act and they can now de-authorize it and remove all troops from Iraq.
De-authorization can't be vetoed. And it's not up for negotiation with a President who believes mere stubbornness is a foreign policy and that he can just ignore the will of the American people.
Our military has performed admirably, but it has done all it can do in Iraq. It is time for us to leave - carefully, strategically and soon. Iraq's crisis today is political, not military. It will have a political, not a military solution.
Congress has the constitutional authority to force President Bush to change course in Iraq, and they should use it. We should not have to wait until 2009 to get back on the right track. We should get all of our troops out this year.
The time has come to stand up to George Bush once and for all. Let's not wait or waver while more people die.
I join Bill Richardson in his call on Congress to immediately de-authorize the war in Iraq and bring the troops home. All of them.
