20,000 Troops off To Iraq?

     With the first installment of 20,000 troops expected to go to Iraq by the end of this month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  said that she would hold a vote on the increase. In case you've been in a comma or in Gitmo, most Democrats do not want the increase.

    Bush is linking the troop increase to steps that the Iraqi government is expected to take to curb the violence between the various sectarian factions and to build up its own military strength.

Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.):"The president believes that the Iraqi forces aided by American forces will be able to clean out Baghdad and stabilize Baghdad and leave as he put it 'space' for a political reconciliation process to unify the country and stabilize Iraq." Andrews met with Bush on Tuesday as did other Democrats.

    From the White House mouthpiece, Tony Snow:"The president will not shape policy according to public opinion, but he does understand that it's important to bring the public back to this war and restore public confidence and support for the mission."    AP Article

    I have no comment to make on this bums (Bush) latest scam as we all know how I feel about this fuckup!

 

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Bush 'Surge' Will Have No Showdown With Democrats

Carolyn Lochhead, Chronicle Washington Bureau

Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore.,

"It is that belief that the president has, and the faith he has in Prime Minister Maliki, that leads him to tack into the winds of American public opinion.What this sets up is a classic war powers confrontation between the White House and the Congress.

My dilemma, as for every member of Congress, is that we have only one commander in chief at a time, and he is ordering our troops into a certain posture that puts them in harm's way. Do we budget away their bullets?"       Original Story

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   "Do we budget away their bullets?" This is the most ridiculous load of shit going around as of late! As I have noted before, cutting the funding for the troops will not put them in harms way whatsoever! All that a budget cut will do is not dole out many more billions to keep our people in Iraq. There is more than enough money in the channels to supply and to bring our troops home without taking any unnecessary risks.

    Bring Them Home! NOW!!

 

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