It's a Democratic War Now!

The US House of Representatives today voted 226-202 to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 221 Democrats, a majority voting, were joined by five Republicans in passing HR 2346, the Supplemental Funding bill.

The bill might have been a clear indication by anti-war Democrats that they wanted a date certain for withdrawal from Iraq. That provision was left off. The bill got bogged down by adding into the $100 billion bill money for the International Monetary Fund and adding a $9 billion aircraft, which Secretary Gates said the US doesn't need in it's weapons systems. Republicans, who are anything but anti-war, said they support the troops but not the IMF, so they voted against the bill.

The Democrats, excepting 32, voted to keep the wars going indefinitely -- or until another supplemental war spending bill crosses their desks. So much for getting out of Iraq and Afghanistan! Now, it's Obama's wars!

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