This just in from AP (link and snips below the fold), the Dem leadership has decided NOT to include language that would have prevented Bush from attacking Iran without Congressional authorization.
Surprised?
I smell AIPAC and pro-Israel lawmakers all over this one, and indeed, some are quoted for the article.
More below:
Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush's authority for taking military action against Iran as the leadership concentrated on a looming confrontation with the White House over the Iraq war.
Officials said Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record) and other members of the leadership had decided to strip from a major military spending bill a requirement for Bush to gain approval from Congress before moving against Iran.
Conservative Democrats as well as lawmakers concerned about the possible impact on Israel had argued for the change in strategy.
The developments occurred as Democrats pointed toward an initial test vote in the House Appropriations Committee on Thursday on the overall bill, which would require the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Sept. 1, 2008, if not earlier. The measure provides nearly $100 billion to pay for fighting in two wars, and includes more money than the president requested for operations in Afghanistan and what Democrats called training and equipment shortages.
The White House has issued a veto threat against the bill, and Vice President Dick Cheney attacked its supporters in a speech, declaring they "are telling the enemy simply to watch the clock and wait us out."
Link here for much more. Please be sure to read it all: http://news.yahoo.com/...
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am sick of Israel's and AIPAC's influence on our government. It is OUR soldiers who are dying. It is OUR treasury and tax dollars that are paying for wars that these fucking neocons want. I am sick to death to it.
Coming soon, more on how AIPAC has been pushing war with Iran since 1999. I'll be posting tomorrow.