But what if the troops themselves asked Congress to cut off funding for the war?
According to the January 16 edition of NPR's "All Things Considered", it's already happened:
[A]ctive-duty members of the U.S. armed forces visit Capitol Hill to present more than 1,000 signatures demanding that lawmakers cut off funding for the Iraq war. They say that most of the people who signed the Appeal for Redress have served in Iraq, while others expect to be sent there. Two House Democrats received the petition and promised to urge the entire House to consider it.[Read more.]
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