Brent Budowsky on the Mark Riley Show

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If you have enjoyed Brent Budowsky’s commentaries, you’ll love hearing him interviewed on Air America’s Mark Riley Show each morning from Tuesday, December 26 through Friday, December 29, 2006, 5 AM to 6 AM Eastern time. If you don’t receive AAR by broadcast or by satellite, you can listen on the internet

And this is from a recent essay posted at BuzzFlash.com:

The American People Did Not Vote To Escalate The War In Iraq: Write Congress Now.

by Brent Budowsky

Let's have instant replay of the day before the Congressional elections when Republican and Democratic candidates were asking the country for their votes in their final summation:

How many candidates for the House or Senate said: "Vote for me, and I will escalate the war in Iraq"?

How many candidates said: "Vote for me and I will vote to intervene on the site of the Shi'ites in their sectarian war against Sunnis in Iraq?"

How many candidates said: "Vote for me and I will vote to support one group of Shi'ites who are warring against another group of Shi'ites"?

How many candidates said: "Vote for me and I will oppose negotiations with Iraq's neighbors that could end this conflict?"

How many candidates said: "Vote for me and I will support the President if he disrespects our Joint Chief of Staff and commanders because he is hell bent on escalating the Iraq war over their objection"?

How many candidates said, when they were virtually unanimously applauding the bipartisan Baker Hamilton group before the election: "Vote for me and I will throw out the Baker Hamilton Group 48 hours after the election and support a new miltary escalation after the election, instead"?

How many candidates said, on the day before our election, that what America needs after the election is a debate about whether Republican President Bush will escalate the war and whether Democrats in Congress will support this escalation?

Looking at our debate in Washington, watching the carnage on the evening news, listening to the so-called national security experts, enduring the latest battle between the neocons who want to escalate and the generals who do not, lets ask this question:

Did the election actually happen?...

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Brent Budowsky served as Legislative Assistant to U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, responsible for commerce and intelligence matters, including one of the core drafters of the CIA Identities Law. Served as Legislative Director to Congressman Bill Alexander, then Chief Deputy Whip, House of Representatives. Currently a member of the International Advisory Council of the Intelligence Summit. Left government in 1990 for marketing and public affairs business including major corporate entertainment and talent management. He can be reached at [e-mail].

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Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com