The U.S. House (280 to 142) and the Senate (80 to 14) voted to spend another 95 billion dollar to kill, murder and maim the peoples of Afghanistan and Iraq and set no deadline for the withdrawal of the occupiers. The Democrats have blood on their hands and now stand accused – together with Bush – of committing war crimes. Bush signed the bill immediately, so his war machine wouldn't run out of money. (The Washington Post: Bush Signs Iraq Spending Bill)
In the Senate, the Democrats had the power to block the bill if they all had voted against it. Instead, 37 Democrats voted yes and only 10 no. Yes, some of the heavyweights voted against the bill, such as senators Barack Obama, John Kerry, Edward Kennedy and Hillary Rodham-Clinton. They couldn't even make a majority of the Democratic senators vote “no”. And credit is due to three Republican senators – Burr, Coburn and Enzi – and one independent – Sanders – who opposed the bill. (The New York Times: Senate Roll Call on Iraq Spending) In the House, a majority of Democrats (140 to 86) voted against the bill, including House speaker Nancy Pelosi, but only two Repuiblican representatives – Duncan and Paul – joined them. (The New York Times: House Roll Call on War Spending Bill)
The bottom line is: the majority of the representatives of the American people have voted to let their country continue to commit war crimes. And wonder why so many people hate America... (MSNBC: The entire government has failed us on Iraq) (Truthout.org: Deadly Illusions, Rest in Peace) Instead of impeaching Bush and arrest him, the Democrats finance war crimes.
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