Time to bring the troops home.
From Sen Byrd's web site:
Mr. President, the resolution I will be introducing will do exactly that. This resolution
reflects the will of the American people that the war in Iraq must be brought to a close in
a responsible way. It will establish provisions to bring to a close U.S. military
engagement in Iraq based upon conditions, not dates. It will restore to Congress its
Constitutional war-making power by adding conditions that would terminate the original
2002 use of force resolution. The conditions can be summarized as follows: we have
achieved our objective, we are no longer needed, or we are no longer wanted in Iraq.
These are not irresponsible conditions that would prolong our involvement in Iraq, nor do
they require a chaotic or dangerous withdrawal of our troops. These are reasonable
conditions that, through the exercise of the Article I, Section 8 powers granted to the
Congress, set limits upon the Iraq war resolution, which currently has no sunset provision.
That war resolution will continue to be in effect in perpetuity if the Congress does not act.
That is an abdication of the responsibility of the Congress to be a steward of its
constitutional power to declare war. Additionally, as the bipartisan Iraq Study Group
concluded, a clear message must be sent to the Iraqi government that the U.S.
commitment to the war in Iraq is not open-ended. The Byrd resolution will point the way
toward concluding that commitment.
http://tinyurl.com/yrfgqr