"Feingold on the Power of the Purse "

Matt Stoller:

Well he's obviously just writing Op-Eds like this because of his Presidential run, but still, Senator Feingold makes some good points.

As the president made clear Wednesday night, he has no intention of redeploying our troops from Iraq. Congress cannot continue to accept this. Congress can, by restricting funding for this misguided war, do what the president refuses to do - redeploy from Iraq to refocus on defeating global terrorist networks.

Some will claim that cutting off funding for the war would endanger our brave troops on the ground. Not true. The safety of our service men and women in Iraq is paramount, and we can and should end funding for the war without putting our troops in further danger.

Congress will continue to give our troops the resources and support they need, but by, for example, specifying a time after which funding for the war would end, it can give the president the time needed to redeploy troops safely from Iraq.

Howie advisory: For clarity, I have put Matt's sarcasm in italics. While we're at it, do you suppose there is something we can do about the "100,000 mercenaries, the forgotten "Surge"?