2.06.05 reduction of military spending

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The checks on US military aid are gone, and now the floodgates have opened.

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Congress continues to fund the war. Some of us won't.

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Economic justice is not a stepping stone to the "real" goal, peace, but a fire-in-the-belly issue in its own right.

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Congress does not have to pass legislation to bring an end to the war in Iraq -- it simply has to block passage of any bill that would continue to fund the war.

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They will some day curse us for our pitiful willingness to let the Executive carry the burden that the Constitution places on us.

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When we ask a Congressperson to stop paying for war, they could reply, "You first."

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The bill allows Bush to continue deploying tens of thousands of troops, funds the war, and fails to prevent war with Iran.

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Progressive lawmakers voted for it because they are serious about ending the war, not just protesting it.

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The Pentagon's Chemical and Biological Defense Program of 2003 endorsed a "first-use" strike of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) in war, thus violating the law.