Entire House to Debate Iraq

This piece from TrueMajorityACTION.org came through the great Havasu Evolutionary Diane McCarthy.

We've just learned that House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) has privately told Republican colleagues he will allow a "lengthy debate" on America's Iraq war policy. According to Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD), the announcement "caused a hush to fall over the audience."1

IT'S WORKING. You and other TrueMajorityACTION members have been pushing Congress for this debate for months. After three years of silence, it's about time our representatives start considering alternatives to "staying the course" in Iraq.

More big news: you'll be able to hear the new, surprise Neil Young antiwar album, "Living With War" on the TrueMajorityACTION website.

Neil's "most powerful album in years"2 will be available for FREE on Friday. This is a great chance to bring more people into the growing movement for sanity in Iraq. Be sure to forward this e-mail widely and send your friends .

Along with the free album tracks, we'll have a petition supporting Sen. Russ Feingold's (D-WI) new move to bring the troops home by New Year's.3

We'll send you another message tomorrow with more details. But tell your friends tonight about the new album: "A fierce, comprehensive indictment of the Bush administration and all its failures, at home and abroad."2

1 "House will debate Iraq." The Hill, 4/27/06.
2 "Neil Young lets loose a war cry." The Globe and Mail, 4/26/06.
3 "Feingold amendment would require troop return by end of year." Associated Press, 4/27/06.

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John Kerry On Rumsfeld and Iraq

10 days that will get their attention

One general after another demanding Rumsfeld's resignation. More citizens every day joining in support of our May 15 deadline for Iraqi leaders to stop their squabbling and form a government.

In these and many other ways, because of citizens like you, the wheel is slowly, but surely, turning on the question of Iraq. Over the next ten days, we're going to give it another huge push. But, before I tell you more, please take a moment right now to sign in support of the Kerry Iraq plan:

Sign our Out of Iraq in 2006 petition now.

It's time for Iraq's leaders to seize the opportunity for democracy in Iraq that our troops are sacrificing every day to create. If Iraq's leaders can't move past their infighting and endless delays to form a new government by May 15, we should immediately withdraw all of our troops. If they meet the May 15 deadline, we'll bring America's combat troops home by the end of the year and put the future of democracy in Iraq where it belongs -- in the hands of the Iraqi people.

The clarity and precision of our plan stand in sharp contrast to the aimless approach of the architects of this war -- Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld. All across America, people are strongly dissenting from the Bush administration's "stay for as long as it takes" policy -- and, just as important, standing up to the administration's attempts to vilify and question the patriotism of those who dare to speak out.

Decades ago I stood up to the Nixon administration and spoke out for a change of course in Vietnam. Four days from now, I will be delivering a speech at Boston's Faneuil Hall on the critically important topic of war and dissent. It's time to remind America that, when a stubborn president has America headed profoundly in the wrong direction, only citizen action can change our country's course.

The fight is just beginning. I recognize the importance of the United States Senate as an institution that can help change America's course. And I know that we can't force George W. Bush to confront reality in Iraq until we force the Senate to do the same.

Sign our Out of Iraq in 2006 petition now.

I will be acting in the Senate to bring change beginning when the current congressional recess ends on Monday. And I will be needing your help to move the Senate to action.

Working together, we can make the next 10 days an important turning point on Iraq -- and we can build momentum as our May 15 deadline approaches. You can help right now in three important ways. First, sign the Out of Iraq in 2006 petition. Second, forward this email to as many people as possible. And third, pay special attention to your email over the next 10 days.

Events could move quickly -- and you may need to act in a matter of hours.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

P.S. Some of America's most respected retired generals have called on Donald Rumsfeld to resign. We've long ago demanded the Secretary of Defense's resignation. Clearly, if President Bush acted with the decisiveness this moment demands, America could have a new Secretary of Defense in place by our May 15 deadline. And that would add much-needed impetus to the drive to successfully end America's military engagement in Iraq.

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