THE JIG IS UP!!!

Robert Naiman, Policy Director of Just Foreign Policy, has just posted an important news flash: Eighteen Senators now Back an Ironclad Timetable for Withdrawal from Afghanistan. In all, eighteen of our Senators voted for Senator Feingold's amendment to the war supplemental, requiring the "President" to establish a timetable for the "redeployment" of US military forces from Afghanistan. This could be a turning point in US policy on the war in that wretched, war-torn country. On Tuesday, Senator Boxer added her name to S.3197, Senator Feingold's bill that would have the same effect. The other sixteen Senators who voted yes were Baucus (D-MT), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Dorgan (D-ND), Durbin (D-IL), Gillibrand (D-NY), Harkin (D-IA), Leahy (D-VT), Merkley (D-OR), Murray (D-WA), Sanders (I-VT), Schumer (D-NY),
Specter (D-PA), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-NM), and Wyden (D-OR). A special thanks to Senator Franken and Denator Feinstein, and my friends in our group: Veterans Against Torture, and Veterans for Justice, who worked so very, very hard to make this vital miracle happen. Also, a special thanks to Senator Feinstein: Last September, she called for a specific date for the withdrawal of American forces. Unlike the trigger-happy other remnants of our senate, those of us who served in Vietnam in combat assignments know precisely what a military confrontation means against a determined enemy means to our soldiers!