Obama Shows Leadership on Ending the Iraq WarPaul Hogarthbyline‚ Feb. 07‚ 2007Senator Barack Obama, along with House members Mike Thompson and Patrick Murphy, has introduced the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007. While other Democratic Presidential candidates complain about the Iraq War, Obama has stepped ahead of the pack by actually using his role as a Senator to do something about it. When Congress cannot even pass a non-binding resolution to oppose the President’s “surge” (which the White House has already pledged to ignore), Obama’s approach could both end the war and disarm predictable right-wing attacks that we are “harming our troops.” Sixty-four percent of Americans in a recent poll said that Congress has “not been assertive enough” in challenging the Bush Administration on Iraq, and over half say that we should pull out either “immediately” or “gradually.” Obama’s measure is long overdue, and puts him in marked contrast to other top-tier Democrats who are running for President in 2008. |