A follow-up to the Lieberman-Kyl Amendment story that I posted:
We won.
Tens of thousands of calls and emails hit Congress, and as a result, the two most offensive paragraphs (3 and 4, the ones I quoted) — the ones which amounted to a declaration of war on Iran, were removed in their entirety.
It’s not much (we all know that if Bush & Cheney want to go to war, they will, regardless of us or Congress), but at least it’s something.
Awesome. Thank you for the update.
a small success for rationality.
every step counts.
They voted on a modified version of the amendment. Voting record on that modified version here.
I rather like Joe Biden’s opening statement on his opposition to it: “I will oppose the Kyl-Lieberman amendment for one simple reason: this administration cannot be trusted.”
Bingo.
That’s… a relief. I saw that the amendment passed, but at the moment didn’t have time to go read the article (assuming it would only piss me off/scare me more). I wish the headline had read “modified amendment”…
THANK you for posting.
Now, now — if they ran a headline like that, people might get the idea that they can actually change the course of their government. Can’t have THAT.
hope springs eternal
Holy crap! We actually made a difference?
Will wonders never cease?