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"The Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) trumpets its continued support of Rep. James McGovern bill (HR 4232) as "a top legislative priority." PDA urges all to sign its petition to support the bill, as PDA is "committed to cutting off all funding for the deployment of US troops in Iraq and for the removal of all funding for the occupation of Iraq." http://www.pdamerica.org/articles/news/2006-09-12-13-20-02-news.php
"PDA assures its members and website visitors that the bill would 1) "end all funding for the deployment of US troops in Iraq; 2) "in no way prohibit nor interrupt US non-defense funding" in support of "democratic institution building" and reconstruction; and 3) that the bill "provides for the safe, orderly, and honorable withdrawal of the United States from military operations in Iraq.
"By continuing U.S. support for the economic and social reconstruction of Iraqi society and the financial and material needs of Iraqi security, it maintains our moral and political obligations to the Iraqi people, while concretely promoting, supporting, and providing for greater multilateral engagement in these serious tasks." (emphasis supplied)
"Code Pink and United for Peace and Justice (UFPJ) also support this bill.
"Warning flags should go up by just reading PDA’s pitch for the bill. The bill would not get in the way of the US meddling in governing Iraq - or as PDA puts it "democratic institution building." And, the bill provides for continued financial and material support for the ’security’ forces (secret police, military and uniformed police) that the US has established in Iraq.
"So, a lot of dirty business is allowed by the bill, but how to do that without US troops? Well, there’s more to the story, a story not told by PDA in its pitch.
How would the US hope to continue shaping Iraq’s governing institutions and its internal ’security’ forces without US troops? (A hint: take a look at how the US is trying to do it in Afghanistan.)
From Socialist Worker via Uruknet.info
SIRATYST (Stuff I Read and Thought You Should Too) -- “To ravage, to slaughter, to usurp under false titles, they call empire; and where they make a desert, they call it peace.” (Calgacus, as quoted by Tacitus, Agricola 30-31)"
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