Republicans Block Senate Iraq Debate

"We must heed the results of the November elections and the wishes of the American people," said Majority Leader Harry Reid ( bio, voting record).

   Reid said this just before the Republicans blocked a Senate debate  over Iraq. the Democrats have said that they will find a way to make President Bush alter his course with Iraq.

From Associated Press

Majority Leader Reid:"The American people do not support escalation. Last November, voters made it clear they want a change of course, not more of the same. The president must hear from Congress, so he knows he stands in the wrong place, alone."

Sen. Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat:"If the Republicans want to stand by their president and his policy, they shouldn't run from this debate. If they believe we should send thousands of our young soldiers into the maws of this wretched civil war, they should at least have the courage to stand and defend their position."

   This whole load of crap is due to the fact that the Republicans want the language added that says that troop funding will not be cut off, which the Democrats agreed to in the Warner resolution. But, the Warner resolution also says the Senate:                                                    "disagrees with the `plan' to augment our forces by 21,500 and urges the president instead to consider all options and alternatives." AP

   It becomes apparent that the GOP does not wish anything, counter to Bush's bullshit, to be heard on the record.

                        IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON!

 

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