It’s called “A Responsible Plan to End the War in Iraq,” and here are it’s two key points as outlined in an opinion piece in today’s Seattle Post Intelligencer:
First, the United States must find a way to sensibly end its military mission in Iraq — and use the political, diplomatic, humanitarian and economic tools at its disposal to mitigate the negative consequences of the war. Second, the Iraq War has done irreparable damage not just to Iraq but to our country, and the time has come to reform our institutions and put the checks and balances in place to ensure that these mistakes are not repeated.
What about the details? Here’s how they plan to exert the power of Congress on the executive branch to prevent future colossal failures like Bush’s Iraq War:
It calls for incorporating war funding into the regular defense budget instead of using “emergency supplementals”; eliminating the president’s use of signing statements to alter the substantive meaning of a law passed by Congress; repealing parts of the Military Commissions Act that suspended habeas corpus; and ending the use of wiretapping without a FISA warrant.
Great! Come on Democrats, let’s put this plan into action!
Oh wait, there’s a problem… the forty Democratic sponsors of this plan aren’t in congress yet. They are all running for office. The group is led by Darcy Burner, who is running against Dave Reichert in Washington’s 8th district.
You can show your support by endorsing the plan here.
But to put the plan into action, we’ve got to get these people elected. So come November, vote for these candidates!
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