Cities Show All Politics Is Local by Weighing In on Iraq

Cities Show All Politics Is Local by Weighing In on Iraq:

"The Chicago City Council may not have much say in when U.S. troops come home from Iraq. But that does not mean it has nothing to say.

The city is one of 67 around the country that have passed resolutions calling for U.S. withdrawal, in hopes that they can help start a groundswell that will force the hand of the Bush administration and Congress.

Others include Chapel Hill., N.C.; Gary, Ind.; dozens of towns in Vermont; and, perhaps no surprise, such famously liberal municipalities as Berkeley, Calif., and Cambridge, Mass. The resolutions typically call on the U.S. government 'to commence an orderly and rapid withdrawal of United States military personnel from Iraq,' while also shipping nonmilitary aid 'necessary for the security of Iraq's citizens and for the rebuilding of Iraq.'"