Fears Become Reality for Oakland Democrat

Submitted by Anna on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 14:58

Daniel Weintraub
December 28, 2009

Take Action: Tell Congress – In Afghanistan, don’t escalate—remediate

Published by The New York Times .

In the fear-filled, nationalistic fervor after the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in September 2001, Congress rushed to approve President George W. Bush’s decision to attack Afghanistan, the country where the terrorist leaders had trained for their suicide voyage.

A resolution giving Mr. Bush the authority to act raced through Congress just three days after the attack. Nearly every member of the House of Representatives and the Senate voted for it. Only one member rose to oppose the measure: Representative Barbara Lee, Democrat of Oakland.

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