Issue Position: Jack on Iraq

Issue Position

Issue Position: Jack on Iraq

Jack Martins believes it is essential for the United States to support our troops deployed throughout the world including those deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He strongly disagrees with those who would withhold funding for our troops and would use funding as a political tool. Once troops have been deployed, funding the troops is not a question, but a moral imperative. We must do everything to ensure that they return home safely and with dignity.

The time to debate is before the troops are deployed, not while they are in harm's way. Today. many in Congress who voted to deploy troops to Iraq have consistently voted against funding them. This duplicity and cynicism is unacceptable.

Politics must never be played with the lives of our men and women in uniform and certainly not by those elected representatives who placed them in harm's way in the first place. Our troops and their families deserve better.
Level with the American People

Jack Martins believes it is essential to be honest with the American people about the opportunities and risks that lie ahead. The American people deserve the truth from their leaders. They deserve a candid assessment of the progress made in the last year, of the serious difficulties that remain, and of the grave consequences of a reckless and irresponsible withdrawal.

Many Americans have given their lives so that America does not suffer the worst consequences of failure in Iraq. Doing the right thing in the heat of a political campaign is not always easy. But it is necessary.

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