Tom Hayden: Open Letter To Democrats-NO TAXES FOR TORTURE

[kpete]

An Open Letter to Democrats: The Next Step: No Taxes For Torture
Submitted by davidswanson on Sun, 2007-04-29 11:59. Media
By Tom Hayden, Huffington Post

To. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chairman Howard Dean, Out of Iraq Caucus

As the Democrats struggle to define their next step after the President’s veto, I would like to suggest an additional approach to those under discussion: end US taxpayer support for sectarian police state actions carried out by branches of the Iraqi government.

I propose an amendment to a forthcoming military appropriations bill:

Banning or suspending any funds for training, advising and equipping official Iraqi units carrying out sectarian killings, torture, secret detentions on a sectarian basis, or ethnic cleansing in violation of human rights standards and treaty obligations such the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

more at:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/21883

[liberalnurse]

1. Then the Bill goes to *bush.....

and he signs a veto. We will never get 2/3rd. in this bully-pulpit administration.

[alfredo]

2. It will never happen because it make sense.