“Barney” Will Cut Off The Troops
Barney Frank Will Move to Defund War Under Democrat President …
House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.) told Cybercast News Service on Tuesday he will move to end the Iraq War with an immediate termination of funding if a Democrat becomes president next year.
“I will move to cut funding immediately,” said Frank. “I have already done that. I voted against the war and voted to cut the funding. I would hope a Democratic president would put in place a plan that would begin a total withdrawal.”
So far, neither of the Democratic presidential candidates, Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, has been willing to unambiguously commit to a plan to remove all U.S. troops from Iraq by 2013.
When the Democratic candidates were asked by NBC’s Tim Russert, during the Sept. 26, 2007 debate, if they would pledge to withdraw U.S. combat troops by 2013 if they were elected president, neither Obama nor Clinton would make the pledge.
“I think it’s hard to project four years from now,” said Obama. “It is very difficult to know what we’re going to be inheriting,” Clinton said.
When Cybercast New Service asked Frank if he believed the U.S. would be out of Iraq by 2013, he said he cannot make any guarantees but that he will do his best to make sure that it happens. “Read the Constitution,” he said. “As an individual member of the House, I cannot guarantee anything like that, but I can guarantee you that I will continue to support a withdrawal well before 2013.”
House Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) also said it is not possible to set 2013 as a definite deadline for withdrawal. “I would say that anyone who gives a guarantee should be committed,” he said.
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), the former presidential candidate, predicted that the Democrats would not take real action to end the war, even if one of their own was elected president. “I don’t expect anyone to make a concrete effort to stop the war. We had the first test after the Democrats took over Congress,” he said. “Nothing has happened.
“Now this supplemental funding has gone through and the Democrats have actually added $50 billion to the military funding to extend it,” he said. “Here, instead of cutting it they are literally saying not only will we give you what you want but we are going to give you even more. They are trying to send out a message that they are less enthusiastic about the war than McCain. They might be, but the war isn’t ending anytime soon.”
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) agreed that voters can expect very little movement on ending the war from House Democrats, no matter who is elected president. When Cybercast News Service asked Boehner if he thinks that Democrats will move swiftly to cut funding for the war if a Democrat is elected president, he said. “No, I don’t, I don’t even think they will try.”
(CNSNews)
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If you take the total cost of the war up to now and divide it buy Iraq’s total oil production (at full capacity) since the invasion you will get a price of over $200 per barrel.
Or, if you take the estimated total cost of the war and divide it by Iraq’s total proven reserves you get a price of $18 per barrel. Figure in extraction costs and other associated expenses and you get $23 per barrel. In March of 2003 before the invasion the price of oil was around $35 per barrel.
We could have bought almost the entire proven reserves of Iraq for the price of what this war will cost. Makes you think…
May 7th, 2008 at 9:42 amHouse Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
Also defunded the supply of oxygen to his brain some time back. Looking just a few micro seconds into the future, what does he expect to see in Iraq if/when we make a sudden and total withdrawl?
May 7th, 2008 at 9:43 amBarney Fag and the Democrats are totally irresponsible. Unfortunately, so are at least half of all Americans who think only of themselves instead of what’s best for America and Iraq. Shame on them.
I can only hope that the majority of voters will deal the Democrats such a spanking on election day that they won’t forget it for a generation. They certainly deserve it.
May 7th, 2008 at 9:48 amThe DemocRats really are not concerned at all with the progress over there are they. this really pisses me off. The Iraqis have finally decided to stand up, drove AQ almost completely out of Iraq. The Iraqi government has moved forward to almost complete reconciliation and still it doesnt matter to these political opportunists in the US congress.
They speak of being the more compassionate side of the two groups yet they dont care at all that we have freed 30 million people who have never until now known freedom. Their motto seems to be that there is nothing worth fighting for. I disagree completely.
May 7th, 2008 at 10:22 amBarney Fag wants to cut off funding? Yeah! Go ahead and do it! Just fucking do it! I triple-dog-dare these anti-war asshole dems to put their money where there mouth is and go right ahead.
Of course this will never happen. They will just micromanage this war into the ground and later blame Bush.
May 7th, 2008 at 3:34 pm