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[harveyc]

"We are told that cutting off the funding for the war means not "supporting the troops," but this is another bipartisan lie: the money for ongoing military operations in 2007 is already in the pipeline: HR5631 <.pdf>, the Defense Department appropriations bill authorizing spending on Iraq and Afghanistan for this year, passed overwhelmingly, 394-22, with the full support of the Democratic leadership. So what is Nancy nattering on about?

The idea that, if Congress cuts the funding, the GIs will soon run out of bullets and body armor is complete BS. That's what they want you to believe so they can sit on their hands while the casualties pile up and the war spreads beyond the boundaries of Iraq."