What do you think happened that the democrats elected to end the war have not fulfilled that simple promise?

Question

Do we still have any voice in congress or are the politicians just doing as they please ignoring the people .
Support for democrats is falling support for republicans is falling contributions now come from special interests and not the people as was once the case .
We can no longer buy a politician its seems and our votes to elect them are ignored it seems .
We elected the democrats for one reason . Stop the war .What have they done ? Nothing .

Answer 1

Bush and Cheney do what they want! Bush veto's every thing that comes across his desk! Bush and Cheney are not working with anyone there in Washington not with the Republicans or the Democrats! Bush and Cheney are above the Law! This is Fascism pure and simple!

Answer 2

Well i think you need to understand...that even though democrats are in the majority, they don't hold enough seats to override a veto.....not to mention, the "commander in chief" is the ultimate decision maker in wartime regardless of what the legislative branch says. The only thing congress has the power to do, is withold funding, but that is unlikely....if the troops are on the ground...no politician is going to sign on to a bill that yanks the funding they need to be safe. The most viable solution is to go after Bush directly, for crimes or lies he perpetrated in the run-up to the war. This is why we're having all these congressional hearings and subpeoaned documents being requested from the white house and staff. Democrats are out for blood, but their trying to do it quitely so they don't ruin their chances for a white house run. Also, the war will likely end before the the elections.....congress knows this. Republicans are starting to put more pressure on Bush, because if the Iraq war isn't over by the time we go to the polls...I think we all know who the winner will be. Seems the wrong motivation for ending the war, but at least it will end.

I knew when I voted that Dems could not end the war, but I hoped at least impeachment would be on the table....according to Nancy Pelosi...impeachment is off the table....which I think is complete BS. Nothing is off the table in my opinion...and just because she's "speaker" doesn't give her the right to ignore the will of voters.

Answer 3

You might just as well admit it. The entire system is corrupt. The electoral college negates an honest vote and big business and special interest groups actually control the United States government. Look, If a cow gets sick in Canada 3 years ago they can trace it back to the yard and tell every other cow that was in the yard. But they can't keep track of people from the US much less the terrorists and illegal aliens that flood the country. Republicans? Democrats? They are just the same thing with different names. all corrupt, thieving, murdering a holes. Gee, do you want to know what I really think?

Answer 4

Last time I looked at The Constitution, the President still had veto authority. And he exercised it with regards to getting out of Iraq, or haven't you been watching the news? Heck, even Fox News got that tidbit right.

At this point about the only thing that the Dems can do now is to hold up the budget process. However they astutely remember what happened during the Clinton administration when the (then highly poplular) Republican-controlled Congress pulled the same stunt. It revitalized the Clinton administration and was the death knell for Newt. We certainly DON'T need to hand Bush such a parting gift!

As more and more Reps distance themselves from Bush out of justifiable fear for their political lives the odds of a satisfactory resolution do improve somewhat but it will probably take more seats in Congress and control of the White House before any meaningful change can happen. It's coming though sadly it will take more time than it should, for the sake of the troops.

Answer 5

Funny how the very people who support Das Bushleiter when he literally held our soldiers hostage (If you impose a deadline, I will withhold ammunition and medical supplies from the troops) now think that Congress is to blame for the coup. And the truth is that we are witnessing a coup right before our eyes.

As Trudeau put it this morning, we still have three branches in our government, but they consist of Bush, Cheney, and the court what brung 'em.

We should not lose sight of Jefferson's warnings that if electorcal politics do not satisfy the people's demand to be heard, the shooting will begin shortly thereafter. Truth be told, the torturing has already begun, with the smirky participation of Gonzales, Bush, Cheney and Rove. Can the revolution be far away?

Answer 6

The Democrats only have 50 votes, Lieberman is a pro war independent, and votes with the Republicans (as he is a firm backer of Israel) on war votes. The election of 2008 will decide the road America will follow. We did not elect enough democrats and are not putting pressure on republicans that may lose their seat in the next election.

Democrats could with hold funding of Bush's war , That would place our troops in great danger and is the wrong road to take. The election of 2008 is our only option.

Answer 7

Come on, think about it. We have a split congress with Dems holding a very, very small majority. The Rep. minority is obstructing while a bellicose president can only veto. If we really want to end the war, the Dems need a clear majority and a president that will work with them.

I believe come '08' the electorate is going to punish the Republican party for obstructing the Dem congress and for supporting a lame duck president.

Answer 8

The Democrats and the Republicans are, in essence, one entity. Both parties represent the interest of corporate America and the wealthy elite. As such, it was never the intent to pull the military out of Iraq. In fact, the various Democratic plans are devised around keeping the troops there in a slightly different capacity. The war in Iraq is the result of the imperialist desires and pursuits of America's wealthiest elites and they aren't about to give it up. There isn't really any need for them to do so. The underclass fights and dies in the war and the public treasury pays for it -- all the while providing profits to that wealthy elite in the form of defense contractor profits and rising oil company profits.

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'War Is a Racket'

Excerpt from a speech delivered in 1933 by General Smedley Darlington Butler, USMC. General Butler was the recipient of two Congressional Medals of Honor - one of only two Marines so honored.

War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. . . .

There isn't a trick in the racketeering bag that the military gang is blind to. It has its "finger men" to point out enemies, its "muscle men" to destroy enemies, its "brain men" to plan war preparations, and a "Big Boss" Super-Nationalistic-Capitalism.

It may seem odd for me, a military man to adopt such a comparison. Truthfulness compels me to. I spent thirty- three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the Marine Corps. I served in all commissioned ranks from Second Lieutenant to Major-General. And during that period, I spent most of my time being a high class muscle- man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the Bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.

I suspected I was just part of a racket at the time. Now I am sure of it. Like all the members of the military profession, I never had a thought of my own until I left the service. My mental faculties remained in suspended animation while I obeyed the orders of higher-ups. This is typical with everyone in the military service.

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912 (where have I heard that name before?). I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

During those years, I had, as the boys in the back room would say, a swell racket. Looking back on it, I feel that I could have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.

Answer 9

I think the republicans did everything they could to support the president one last time. They blocked bills with procedure votes and so on. Bush vetoed the bill to end the war too. It's on hhis shoulders.

Answer 10

The propaganda about supporting the troops got to them! It seems if you want to start a war in america, just get the troops in there. The reason no longer matters because there are troops in combat and we must support the troops, no matter who they are killing or who is killing them.