Thank Heavens For Moms

When the thicket of intertwined Congressional representative allegiances, political favors, lobbying pressures and future political aspirations gets so dense that logic and common sense seem beyond hope, leave it to some Moms to cut through it all and say, “Enough!”

Recently, Lynn Woolsey and Maxine Waters stepped forward to sponsor legislation that would cut funding for the Bush troop escalation in Iraq , now being called a "surge." Their rationale was clear and unassailable.

First, the great majority of military and political experts in a position to speak knowledgeably about the situation in Iraq [Democrats and Republicans] have stated that the “surge” is a mistake, as is deepening US involvement in what is now an Iraqi civil war.

Second, neither the proposed Resolution advanced by several prominent Senators [Biden, Hagel & Levin] or any other “statement” will do anything to stop the young men and women being sent to Iraq from dying. Something concrete must be done to stop or impede Bush’s troop buildup because he clearly will not change course on his own volition.

This is the kind of clear reasoning moms have used for centuries to break up unproductive squabbling among kids so caught up in the argument that they have lost sight of the rest of the world around them. Not one more mother’s child should have to die in Iraq. Sending more US troops into that conflict will only increase the unnecessary suffering and tears of yet more mothers.