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<blockquote data-quote="sosuemetoo" data-source="post: 17651" data-attributes="member: 11"><p><strong>Re: The United States of America</strong></p><p></p><p>Hey Pyro, I'll respond to your latest post in the morning. I wanted to share this with the forum tonight before I forget.</p><p> </p><p>My congressman, Tim Johnson (R-IL) called me today. Yeah, no joke. I'm a member of our county's Republican party, helped to raise fund for his re-election, distributed lawn signs, that kind of thing. He calls about once every three months or so. So, he called me today, asking if I had anything on my mind, any concerns that he should be aware of. He likes to touch base with his constitutents. My reply was "Do I ever!" By the time the conversation was over, he probably wished he hadn't called.</p><p> </p><p>My first question to him was "when are we leaving Iraq?" He said, that it wasn't really up to him, that it was up to the executive branch. I told him that I appreciated that, but as a congressman he can band his brothers together and get our troops home. </p><p> </p><p>I asked him "what will it take to get our troops out of Iraq?" His reply was when they had a democracy. I told him that they just held a free and fair election, wouldn't that be termed as democracy. He replied, "well, there are still factions of insurgents out there that want to take away the democracy."</p><p> </p><p>I then asked him "what factions do you think want to take away the democracy, would that be the Shi'ites that held the majority of the vote and want a clerical theocracy?" He was unable to answer that question.</p><p> </p><p>I told him that I was very concerned about this (couldn't remember the exact amount) 82 billion dollars that will be appropriated to fund the war. He said, "well, we need to make sure that our troops have everything they need." I replied that I found it interesting that MY tax money was going to buy Pakistani weapons to put into Iraqi militias to fight the Shi'ites who voted democratically for a theocracy. He knew nothing about this, so I have e-mailed a link. His reply was basically that they vote on the appropriations, but they are not detailed. I told him that I hoped he would look into this further, find out where our money is going to. Once he does, he may not be too happy about it.</p><p> </p><p>He said, "I thought you were for the war in Iraq, I remember you were when I last spoke to you." I replied that I was for the war. We freed the Iraqi's, they have voted, now it's time for them to sink or swim. I reminded him that it seems that we as Americans fought for our own democracy. We helped the Iraqi's gain it, now lets see how bad they want it now that they have it. And, first and foremost ... let THEM decide HOW they want their own democracy. It may not be the kind that we want, but it's not our country that should be deciding. It's THEM.</p><p> </p><p>He thanked me for my time, thanked me for for my concerns ... but I'll bet he hung up thinking that I was either turning into a democrat, or was wearing a tinfoil hat. I did tell him that I'm a member of a forum (didn't mention time travel <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite39" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> ) and that I had posted my concerns there. He said he would contact me after he had read the article and researched it a bit. We'll see what happens.</p><p> </p><p>BTW, Great posts on this thread! Keep them coming!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sosuemetoo, post: 17651, member: 11"] [b]Re: The United States of America[/b] Hey Pyro, I'll respond to your latest post in the morning. I wanted to share this with the forum tonight before I forget. My congressman, Tim Johnson (R-IL) called me today. Yeah, no joke. I'm a member of our county's Republican party, helped to raise fund for his re-election, distributed lawn signs, that kind of thing. He calls about once every three months or so. So, he called me today, asking if I had anything on my mind, any concerns that he should be aware of. He likes to touch base with his constitutents. My reply was "Do I ever!" By the time the conversation was over, he probably wished he hadn't called. My first question to him was "when are we leaving Iraq?" He said, that it wasn't really up to him, that it was up to the executive branch. I told him that I appreciated that, but as a congressman he can band his brothers together and get our troops home. I asked him "what will it take to get our troops out of Iraq?" His reply was when they had a democracy. I told him that they just held a free and fair election, wouldn't that be termed as democracy. He replied, "well, there are still factions of insurgents out there that want to take away the democracy." I then asked him "what factions do you think want to take away the democracy, would that be the Shi'ites that held the majority of the vote and want a clerical theocracy?" He was unable to answer that question. I told him that I was very concerned about this (couldn't remember the exact amount) 82 billion dollars that will be appropriated to fund the war. He said, "well, we need to make sure that our troops have everything they need." I replied that I found it interesting that MY tax money was going to buy Pakistani weapons to put into Iraqi militias to fight the Shi'ites who voted democratically for a theocracy. He knew nothing about this, so I have e-mailed a link. His reply was basically that they vote on the appropriations, but they are not detailed. I told him that I hoped he would look into this further, find out where our money is going to. Once he does, he may not be too happy about it. He said, "I thought you were for the war in Iraq, I remember you were when I last spoke to you." I replied that I was for the war. We freed the Iraqi's, they have voted, now it's time for them to sink or swim. I reminded him that it seems that we as Americans fought for our own democracy. We helped the Iraqi's gain it, now lets see how bad they want it now that they have it. And, first and foremost ... let THEM decide HOW they want their own democracy. It may not be the kind that we want, but it's not our country that should be deciding. It's THEM. He thanked me for my time, thanked me for for my concerns ... but I'll bet he hung up thinking that I was either turning into a democrat, or was wearing a tinfoil hat. I did tell him that I'm a member of a forum (didn't mention time travel ;) ) and that I had posted my concerns there. He said he would contact me after he had read the article and researched it a bit. We'll see what happens. BTW, Great posts on this thread! Keep them coming! [/QUOTE]
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