House Approves More Afghan War Funding:Congressmen Embrace Escalation as Evidence of War's Folly Growsby Jason Ditz,Antiwar.comJuly 27, 2010Though one would have expected that the massive release of some 92,000 classified documents Sunday underscoring just how poorly the war is going would have changed some minds, the Obama Administration has gotten its way once again, with the House of Representatives approving the $59 billion emergency funding bill to keep the war going by a 308-114 vote.There was, at the very least, some vigorous debate in...
