GOP Spin Machine Gears It Up For Democratic Legislation Calling For Phased Redeployment Of U.S. Troops

    Jim Manley,spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ( voting record) :

"They can spin all they want, but the fact is that President Bush is ignoring a bipartisan majority of Congress, his own military commanders, and the American public in escalating the war. The American people have demanded a change of course in Iraq and Democrats are committed to holding President Bush accountable."    Yahoo News

    This was said after the White House spin machine, in this case Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, dissed the Democrats Iraq proposal as, "what could best be described as a Goldilocks resolution: one that is hot enough for the radical left wing, but cool enough for party leaders to claim that they are for the troops."

As currently drafted, the Democratic legislation says the military "shall commence phased redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq not later than 120 days" after the bill's enactment. The goal is to complete the withdrawal by March 31, 2008.

In the interim, the military would be required to transition to a new mission involving "targeted anti-terrorism operations," as well as providing training and logistical support for the Iraqis and helping them protect their own borders.

  I personally do not see the Democrats accomplishing to much with this legislation unless they can get alot more of the Republican Senators to go along with it. If not, the legislation will die in the senate or either Bush will veto it and if he's feeling really cocky, he'll create a signing statement and ignore the entire thing.

                     IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON!   

 

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Rep. Kucinich Has Good Ideas For Iraq War

    Dennis Kucinich ( D-OH ) is trying to become the next president of the United States, which will never happen as this man is into getting to many people's feathers ruffled. Not to mention the near recall that he barely got past after allowing the city of Cleveland to default.

   But, Kucinich has said a few good things when it comes to our congress,senate and the war in Iraq.            MORE BELOW

                                                                         

            Dennis Kucinich Website

Submitted by Dennis Kucinich on Thu, 2007-02-08 15:37. Iraq

As both the Senate and the House consider and debate "non-binding resolutions" to address the President's proposed "troop surge" in Iraq, Congressman and Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich took the floor of the House today to declare, "The House will soon entertain a resolution relating to the surge. It is a nonbinding resolution. The war, however, is binding."

"The real -- and Constitutional -- power of Congress, as a co-equal branch of government, is to cut off funds for an immoral and illegal war," Kucinich said. "Money is there right now to bring our troops home, and bringing our brave troops home is part of a plan that involves enlisting the support of the United Nations to mobilize international peacekeepers so our men and women can come home."

"I have a 12-point plan which I have circulated among Members of Congress," Kucinich said, "as to how we can get out of Iraq. The American people will not tolerate nonbinding resolutions as being an excuse for strong and substantive action to end the war as quickly as possible."

   His 12-point plan is worth going over as it does have some very good ideas in it. There are one or two that could be omitted and this plan would then be plausible.

 

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