It’s the GOP’s newest tactic. From The Gavel:

“Earlier this month, Congress approved nearly a half trillion dollars for the Department of Defense. Just two weeks ago, House Democrats passed $50 billion in additional funding for our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. We have provided every penny that is currently necessary to fund Defense Department operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and around the world. It is President Bush and his Republican allies in the Senate who are preventing extra funds from reaching our troops.

“The President opposes the House bill because it requires our troops to be fully trained and fully equipped before they are deployed, establishes a goal of December 2008 for the completion of the redeployment of our forces from Iraq, and prohibits torture as an interrogation technique for the U.S. government.

“Rather than explain to the American people why he objects to those provisions, the President and Republican Senators have prevented the Senate from even considering the bill. Today at the Pentagon, the President spoke of the need for Congress to work together to ensure that our troops and their families have the support they need. In that spirit, I call upon the President to instruct Senate Republicans to stop blocking consideration of the House funding bill. It is their obstruction that is producing the uncertainty for our troops and their families that the President voiced concern about today.

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“Our brave men and women in uniform have done everything that has been asked of them in Iraq and Afghanistan. Democrats are committed to providing them everything they need to do their jobs and to care for their families.”

We Democrats are trying to get our soldiers the funding and equipment they need but, once again, President Bush and the Roadblock Republicans stand in the way.

The American people want a timetable for withdrawal. The American people want this war to end. The American people support our troops. In other words, the American people and the Democratic Party are on the same page. Unfortunately, the Roadblock Republicans are doing everything they can to prolong their failed war, putting more American lives in danger for the sake of petty politicking.

It’s sad that this is what it’s come to, it really is. But if the GOP refuses to listen to the people who elected them in the first place, then it’s high time those same people kick them out of office. The GOP’s war has gone on for far too long–if they won’t listen to the American people and end it, we will.