The Congress Strikes Back With The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans’ Health and Iraq Accountability Act

   A few remarks by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. John Murtha, and Rep. Patrick Murphy before the vote on Friday

 Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

“Rather than sending more troops into the chaos that is the Iraqi civil war, we must be focused on bringing the war to an end. We can do that by passing this bill that transforms the performance benchmarks that have already been endorsed by President Bush and the Iraqi government, into requirements…Benchmarks without deadlines are just words. Four years of this war, words are not enough.”

Rep. John Murtha:

“My grandmother lived to be 96. I was 6 years old when she died. She said you’re on this earth to make a difference. We’re gonna make a difference with this bill, we’re gonna bring those troops home, and we’re gonna start changing the direction of this great country.”

Rep. Patrick Murphy

“To those on the other side of the aisle who are opposed, I want to ask you the same questions that my gunner asked me when I was leading a convoy up and down Ambush Alley one day. He said, ‘Sir, what are we doing over here? What’s our mission? When are these Iraqis going to come off the sidelines and fight for their own country?’ So to my colleagues across the aisle - - - your taunts about supporting our troops ring hollow if you are still unable to answer those questions now four years later.”       The Gave

  You can click here to watch them make these statements along with the comments of more House members.

 

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Warlord Bush Using The Troop Support Propaganda Again

  So a pissed off Bush responded to the House passing a bill that calls for a troop withdrawal by 2008 saying that if the spending is not signed into law by the 15 of April that troops and their families "will face significant disruptions."     Source

    What a load of shit! I cannot wait to hear the Fox News clowns jump on this one. This will be my Friday night comedy entertainment.

  Of course the Idiot in Chief had some veterans and service family members at the White House while he was putting in his two cents worth. I wonder how much he paid them to be there?

  Bush said

"A narrow majority in the House of Representatives abdicated its responsibility by passing a war spending bill that has no chance of becoming law and brings us no closer to getting the troops the resources they need to do their job.

"These Democrats believe that the longer they can delay funding for our troops, the more likely they are to force me to accept restrictions on our commanders, an artificial timetable for withdrawal and their pet spending projects. This is not going to happen."

   "The American public expects, the Congress of the United States, to do something," said Majority Leader Steny Hoyer ( voting record), D-Md. "Not simply to say 'yes' to failed policies, but to on their behalf, speak out and try to take us in a new direction."

"What we're trying to do in this legislation is force the Iraqis to fight their own war," said Rep. John Murtha (voting record), D-Pa., who had helped write the bill.

   Since When has Bush worried about whether the troops have had the resources that they need to get the job done? Once again I point out that many of the service men's own families have pitched in to buy some of the equipment needed by them! 

      This jackass and the rest of his criminals need to be locked out of the White House and then locked up in a prison. Their ignorant supporters can go with them.

                         No man is above the law!

                        IMPEACH! INDICT! IMPRISON!

 

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