Reply #43: Fully Funded Withdrawl is the new buzzword

[backscatter712]

The premise is simple - use the House of Representatives' power of the purse to create a bill that allocates $N billion for the explicit purpose of redeploying all U.S. servicemembers and equipment from Iraq to the United States. The chickenhawks can't say we're abandoning the troops, we're giving them everything they need to survive, AND COME HOME. Because of the Constitutional power of the purse, the President can be required to spend that money and bring the troops home.

That's how we do it.

How do we force this bill down Bush's throat? Simple. Filibuster every defense spending bill except for the one that does a fully funded withdrawl. Filibuster for weeks, until the Congressional GOP cries uncle and signs off on it. Then send it to Bush. He'll veto it. The next day, send him the exact same bill. Lather, rinse repeat, while proclaiming loudly to everyone who'll listen, that Bush hates the troops because he won't sign off on the fully funded withdrawl. Eventually, he'll either cave and sign it, or the Congressional GOP will cave, and give us a 2/3 majority to override the veto.

All we need is a Congress with some testicles, and we can shove it down his throat. Grow some balls and force the GOP to cave for a change.