NC Congressman Regrets “Sinful” Iraq Vote
Most of what we are doing in Afghanistan is of a civic, charitable, or governmental nature (building schools and teaching agribusiness). But the Defense Department should not be the Department of Foreign Aid, or much of our military primarily a very large version of the Peace Corps.
In March the President promised a “dramatic increase” in our effort in Afghanistan, including “agricultural specialists and educators, engineers and lawyers.”
Why, when we are twelve-trillion dollars in debt, are we spending mega-billions in Afghanistan, doing practically everything for them?
Amplify’d from www.nationaljournal.com
A conscience-stricken member of the House Armed Services Committee is writing a book called “My Daddy’s Not Dead Yet” in hopes it will atone for what he now considers his sinful vote to empower former President George W. Bush to invade Iraq in 2003.
Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., whose district includes the sprawling Marine base of Camp Lejeune, told me the title was inspired by a little boy who feared his Marine father would be killed in Iraq.
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