MoveOn, Edwards Unite to 'End' Iraq War

Liberal activist groups MoveOn.org, USAction, Americans United for Change, VoteVets, and the Service Employees International Union, along with former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards joined forces Monday to announce a $20-million public 'awareness' and lobbying campaign to promote a perceived link between the war in Iraq and a weakening U.S. economy.
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"This Iraq and recession campaign will focus on members of Congress and the Senate who stand in our way, and on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who is arguing for an Iraq policy that takes us in a dramatically different direction,"
[he' right on that point: it's called victory]
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But Brian Riedl, senior budget analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation, told Cybercast News Service that if Mr. Edwards is in any way suggesting the war is responsible for the receding economy, he is mistaken.

"The idea that Iraq spending is causing our economic woes has no basis in any economic theory whatsoever," ..."It's not economically plausible that spending 1 percent of GDP in Iraq would cause a recession."
[damn facts]

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