Brennan calls on Maine delegation to oppose funding war

Democratic Congressional candidate Michael Brennan delivered a letter to members of Maine’s Congressional delegation yesterday detailing why funding for the Iraq War should be cut off.

The letter, delivered to Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe, and Rep. Tom Allen, began:

“I am writing you as a constituent to request that you oppose the supplemental funding request of $178 billion for the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan that will soon be before you in Congress. I also would encourage you to speak out against such funding immediately. I oppose said funding even if the final request turns out to be less than the $178 billion that is now being reported, and I urge you to oppose any funding request that is not directly tied to the safe removal of all of our combat troops.”

Brennan wrote that the latest supplemental funding proposal would provide funds through mid-2009. Brennan said it is in the country’s best interest to see an immediate end to the war.

He wrote:

“As you know, we have spent more than $500 billion on the War in Iraq, and more than $1.4 billion of Maine taxpayer dollars - and with little to show for it except for continuing violence, much of it resistance to the American military presence. There are different ideas on how that money could be better spent - supporting education, health care, mass transit and renewable energy development, to name a few- but there is no question that it should not have been spent in the way that it was.”