Why Can't We Stop Funding The War?

As I watched the President's speech at West Point, this week, I couldn't help but think of how perfect all of the Cadets looked. Crisp uniforms. Sharply focused eyes. Fit and healthy. Committed and driven. And, oh my, so young.

As the Cadets listened intently to learn what their new mission would be, I could tell from the bewildered looks on their faces that they were hoping for more. So was I.

I was hoping that after all of his careful "studying" of the issue, that President Obama would recognize that there can be no "victory" in Afghanistan. I couldn't help but tear up as I thought of the members of his West Point audience who are essentially being sentenced to death with this horrible decision to escalate the war.

How many of those Cadets will lose limbs, or lose their sharply focused eyes? How many will suffer brain injuries and lose their ability to function normally for the remainder of their lives?How many will suffer that fate during the next 18 months? And for what? So we can keep troops near Pakistan when it hits the fan there? Surely that is the reason that our thinking President wants to keep troops there. Please tell me he doesn't really believe that we can train Afghans to defeat the Taliban in 18 months.....

So, I ask this simple question. If Health Care Reform can be stopped dead in its tracks, why can't funding for this War be stopped? Who will filibuster this?

The President knows we can't afford this war. He admitted so in his speech at West Point.

We can't afford the borrowed principal to fund the cost of one million dollars per soldier per year, or the borrowed interest payments on that ever-increasing national debt, or the loss of human life on both sides of the conflict, or the human casualties on both sides of the conflict, or the stress on the families of our soldiers.

Or the loss of our moral principles....if we still have any left...

Speak out and be heard. Stop this madness. Write to Congress today.

It takes courage to work for Peace. Think of the faces of those Cadets....