Triad of Congresswomen Lead Fight Against Escalation of Iraq War

"We are a triad to be dealt with," Rep. Woolsey said. "And we will be heard from."
Wow! Do go on.

Three Congresswomen are taking on Bush’s “plan” for escalation, and are proposing an Act of their own to bring the troops home. The women are Rep. Lynn Woolsey and Rep. Barbara Lee, co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and Rep. Maxine Waters, chair of the Out of Iraq Caucus. Together, they are introducing the Bring Our Troops Home and Sovereignty of Iraq Restoration Act.

Rep. Lee has said “The administration and the President made a mess out of this war – it's illegal, it's immoral, it's wrong – and if they don't know how to bring our troops home and end it, well, we have some very concrete, practical, realistic suggestions."

It gets better:
"They are saying if you have a better plan come up with it," Rep. Waters said. "First of all, it is absolutely unthinkable that this President who led us into war under false pretenses, misleading information, distorted information… would now try to put the responsibility on someone else's shoulders to stop it. But we're up to it. Because we never believed in this war. We all voted against this war. And we are committed to ending this war."



Supporters of the Act are being encouraged to converge upon Capitol Hill on January 27. It's now up to the citizens of the US and members of Congress to fix this horrendous situation created by the Bush Administration.

Read a detailed article about the congresswomen and their plan at The Nation.