The Ice Cream Man Presents: Irony 101

Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., Republican from North Carolina, led the way by introducing a bipartisan resolution calling for President Bush to come up with a plan by the end of this year to withdraw the troops from Iraq, and for the withdrawal to start no later than October of 2006.[1] Rep. Jones became famous for changing the name of the french fries in the congressional cafeteria to "Freedom Fries" when France came out against invading Iraq. He also represents Marine Corps base Camp Lejeune, where many new recruits go for basic training, so it is significant that he is publicly breaking with Bush policy.[2]

This is how quagmires like this end. First the public support drops, and polls already show Americans' support for this war declining.[3] Next, Congress begins to pressure the administration to come up with a way out. That is what this resolution does. Finally, if the administration continues to fight calls for withdrawal, Congress pulls the plug on the money. That is how the war in Vietnam eventually ended. To push this process along, we need members of Congress to join the two Republicans and two Democrats introducing this resolution.

Please send a message to your congressperson asking him or her to sign on and vote for it. http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/Iraq_Resolution

From an email sent by True Majority (Ben Cohen´s , of Ben and Jerry´s fame, organization) on June 16, 2005.