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In an exclusive interview conducted Jan. 22 for PDA by David Swanson, Rep. McGovern commented on a range of issues, excerpted here.
The urgency of this moment: This war has gone on longer than our involvement in WW II. It is time to, you know, to step it up a notch and to urge Congress to finally live up to its constitutional responsibility.
Upcoming "supplemental" funding bills: I don’t want to be talking about emergency supplementals, you know, in 2008 or 2009. I want this war over! I don’t want the next Presidential election to be about the war in Iraq.
Supporting the troops: If you want to protect our troops, get them out of a situation where they are refereeing a civil war. If you want to protect our troops, make sure they get the health care that they deserve. You know, make sure that their families who have been left behind aren’t living in substandard housing.
What will happen to Iraq if our troops leave: If the United States were to announce that in fact our occupation is coming to an end, that we are no longer going to be involved in a war in Iraq, I think not only within Iraq but around the world there would be this kind of collective sigh of relief. I also think it will be a lot easier to achieve a political solution in Iraq amongst the various factions without the United States running the whole country. You also remove the excuse for Al Qaeda or any other outside group who is now trying to pedal their way into Iraq.
To read the full interview, go to the blog: http://blog.pdamerica.org/?p=960.
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