You read that right. While we have men and women in harm’s way, actively engaged in combat on foreign soil, Democrat Congressman Dennis Kucinich has called for cutting off funding of the Iraq war.

“But cut off funds, we must. That’s the ultimate power of the Congress, the power of the purse. That’s how we’ll end this war, and that’s the only way we’re going to end this war.”

Think this statement is irrelevant because Kucinich is just a powerless, dopey Congressman with little or no influence on the matter?

Think again.

With Democrats winning control of the U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-10, is in a position to become chairman of the powerful Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations.

Kucinich, the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee where foreign policy legislation is generated, is likely to play a much larger role on everything from the nation’s policies on fighting terrorism to the war in Iraq.

Lord help us all.