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The Iraq War Is Not Michael Jordan!By David Sirota

"Back in the 1990s when I was a huge NBA fan, they used to say about Michael Jordan: "You can't stop him, you can only hope to contain him." Except for people like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Rep. Jack Murtha (D-PA), Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and a few others, the Washington Democrats, Republicans and the pundit class are all using the Jordan description as their motton about the Iraq War - that Congress can't stop it, and actually worse - it can't even contain it. Sen. Joe Biden (D-MBNA) said as much this Sunday, as did Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD). The Washington Post's Dana Milbank basically said it as a matter of fact on Keith Olbermann's show last night. They all are basically saying that Congress simply "can't" stop funding for President Bush's military escalation, even though, last I checked, the Constitution gives the U.S. Congress the power of the purse, and the Washington Post's Walter Pincus has previously laid out very obvious ways to use that power without putting troops in harm's way.

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