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  Hold
Their Feet to the Fire!
The recent
election, widely hailed as a referendum on the Iraq war and
American foreign policy, handed a victory to the Democrats
– but who will hold their feet to the fire?
We will.
We must – if the promise of the 2006 landslide for
peace is to be fulfilled.
 People
thought they were voting for a new course in American foreign
policy, but will they get what they voted for?  The
new Congress, swept
into office on a wave of antiwar sentiment, is not guaranteed
to pursue any of the goals of the antiwar movement.
Prominent
among those goals:
- An
investigation into how and by whom we were lied into war.
- The
announcement of a definite timetable for the withdrawal
of U.S. troops.
- A regional
settlement of the outstanding issues between Iran and the
United States, beginning with negotiations in good faith
with Tehran and a ratcheting-down of the rhetoric emanating
from Washington.
  Very
few members of Congress are committed to the above, and all
too many are outright opposed. The American people thought
they were voting for peace – but they may very well wind up
with something quite different, unless we force the Democrats
to follow through.
At Antiwar.com,
we cover issues of war and peace without fear or favor, bereft
of partisan bias. We don't care which party warmongers belong
to, because we know that their real allegiance is to the War
Party. We must keep them honest and accountable to the people
– not the lobbyists and the merchants of death.
  With
our 24-hour news coverage, incisive commentary, and original
reporting, Antiwar.com is your watchdog for peace. But we
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