War fatigue
Campus debates Iraq war after recent veto
Ryan Dostalek
Issue date: 5/10/07 Section: Campus News
Bush also said in his address that he vetoed the bill due to "billions of dollars in non-emergency spending that has nothing to do with fighting the war on terror."
"This is just another example of how Americans have become needlessly and painfully divided on a war that I have opposed from the beginning and that the president should never have misled us into," Obey said in a March 9 press release. The comment was a response to an argument he had over the proposed legislation.
Junior Joey Hohman says he agrees with U.S. involvement in the war and acknowledges the frustration in the debate.
"A lot of people feel like they are being lied to by the government," he said. "But we've got to trust them and their judgment."
Though he wasn't aware of the Obey legislation, he said he disagreed with the timetable.
"I agree with the fact that soldiers need to be brought home," he said. "But I think we need to have a presence, at least for the time being."
Burton agreed with Hohman saying the "president did the right thing" when vetoing the legislation.
Jambrek disagreed in his e-mail.
"The President irresponsibly vetoed a bill because it would have checked his ability to stumble through the war and keep our troops in harm's way indefinitely," he wrote, adding that the best way to end this growing debate would be to end U.S. involvement in Iraq.
"We all don't like war," Burton said. "Nobody wants troops in harm's way."
"This is just another example of how Americans have become needlessly and painfully divided on a war that I have opposed from the beginning and that the president should never have misled us into," Obey said in a March 9 press release. The comment was a response to an argument he had over the proposed legislation.
Junior Joey Hohman says he agrees with U.S. involvement in the war and acknowledges the frustration in the debate.
"A lot of people feel like they are being lied to by the government," he said. "But we've got to trust them and their judgment."
Though he wasn't aware of the Obey legislation, he said he disagreed with the timetable.
"I agree with the fact that soldiers need to be brought home," he said. "But I think we need to have a presence, at least for the time being."
Burton agreed with Hohman saying the "president did the right thing" when vetoing the legislation.
Jambrek disagreed in his e-mail.
"The President irresponsibly vetoed a bill because it would have checked his ability to stumble through the war and keep our troops in harm's way indefinitely," he wrote, adding that the best way to end this growing debate would be to end U.S. involvement in Iraq.
"We all don't like war," Burton said. "Nobody wants troops in harm's way."
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