Bush announced his veto of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill Tuesday, May 1, at 6pm. Protests were held across the country Wednesday (check back here for reports and pictures).
Bush’s veto was nothing short of an arrogant message that he is determined to continue the unjust war on Iraq, no matter what you think. With Congress now working out a compromise with Bush on war funding, the question now is what are we going to do to stop this war?
Read a response to Bush’s veto below.
Update: The House of Representatives passed a new war funding bill 5/10 in a compromise with Bush.
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Call for protest:
(written before Bush’s veto)
President Bush the War Criminal
in Chief is set to veto the bill Congress passed which gave Bush another $100
billion for the war – enough to fund the war into the next administration. The
bill was not a condemnation of an unjust war on Iraq, nor a real step towards
ending the occupation and bringing the troops home from the region, but Bush is
intent on vetoing it until Congress removes the withdrawal date and allows the
Bush administration to continue the war unchecked.
If the people do not act in
protest, Bush’s veto will stand, and Congress will go back to the business of
continuing the war, continuing torture, continuing detention without due
process, building up troops in Afghanistan
and giving Bush a green light to attack Iran.
As long as Bush’s malicious
hubris and Congress’s enabling complicity in endless war and Orwellian repression
goes on – it goes on in your
name. It’s time to bring all this to a halt!
We are calling all people of
conscience to drop the convenience and cynicism of daily life in America, and
the complacency of waiting for change to come from on high and take meaningful
action to stop this war and remove the regime that started it.
Time to Get Down to It! Who will
be the deciders? You or Bush?
On the Day of Bush’s veto (likely to occur the week of April 16 or the week of April 23),
assemble for noon rallies on college and high school campuses and march,
converging downtown, at town centers or recruiting stations for 5pm
rallies. Bring pots and pans to bang on,
noisemakers and your sense of outrage and urgent responsibility for all the
lives hanging n the balance.
Enough! – The World Can’t Wait
Drive Out the Bush Regime
Impeach Bush for War Crimes