Democrats want to stop giving Bush money for war by Corina Ciubotaru

The war in Iraq isn't going very well. It has little results, it costs a lot of money and fewer people support it as days go by. The Democrats at least seem determined to bring the war to an end as soon as possible. From supporting the disarming of Saddam a few years ago when it all started, they now went to publicly disapprove the war his leader, George W. Bush. If they could get 60 votes in Congress, the Democrats would probably get all the American troops home by spring; but since they can't, they have to resort to other means of putting pressure on the President and getting their way. Now, next year's budget has to pass through Congress first and the Democrats are expected to approve the sum of $47 billion for the war, as well as the extra $40 billion to $50 billion that Bush might ask for this week. As you would expect, they are in no rush to discuss these measures and prefer to wait until November to make a decision. It is possible that during these two months, more Republicans will abandon the President's cause and the entire situation may change. In the meantime, around 30,000 troops will come home by next summer, bringing the number of soldiers to the pre-surge level. The surge seems to have worked out in the sense that attacks are rarer now but this does not, for many, justify the large number of soldiers stationed in Iraq, currently around 160,000.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq;_ylt=At5.ZhF.SQQcfdI8cFxNBL.s0NUE

by Corina Ciubotaru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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