US House to vote on more Iraq funding today, Democratic proposal to stop the war

Here we go again. The bill (pdf copy here) does the following:

- requires the primary purpose of the funds be to transition U.S. forces in Iraq to redeployment out of Iraq, not to extend the war
- bars torture
- requires all troops sent to Iraq to be "fully mission capable"
- requires the President to begin an "immediate and orderly redeployment" with 30 days of enactment of the bill
- sets a goal of all combat troops to be out of Iraq by December 15, 2008
- requires the Secretary of Defense to report every 90 days on how the redeployment is proceeding

That's nice. Now go away.