GOP torpedoes Iraq troop pullout plan
By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent
Senate Republicans torpedoed legislation Wednesday to force the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, bowing to President Bush's adamant refusal to consider any change in war strategy before September.
The 52-47 vote fell far short of the 60 needed to advance the legislation and marked the final act in an all-night session that Democrats engineered to dramatize their opposition to the war.
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Senate Majority leader Harry Reid was trumpeting the democrat line to cut and run (euphemistically dubbed ‘withdrawal’) and protect our assets and interests in Iraq. This is the height of hyprcrisy and I do not see anything taller in the horizon. Reid is in a hurry to get out now, because “time is on our side and the american people are on our side”. Perhaps Reid does not realize that he is doing a double talk.
The republicans stood their ground: “Think of the aftermath of withdrawal – murders, chaos, genocide …” When Reid was asked what are the alternatives of wiithdrawal, he bristled at the reporter, but was speechless.
Senator John Kerry was interviewed on CNN if he believes there will be genocide after withdrawal and he replied, “genocide is here now …” yet he voted for withdrawal. Cannot understand his logic.
For a while I thought democrats will be sleeping with republicans, with sheets and cots just off the senate floor. It turned out to be a slumber party of deadheads. Not even the presidential contenders were immune from the indignity.
7 comments:
There is genocide now. Just like in Rwanda when the world watched in horror as a people was almost wiped out.
I hate wars!
I hope they stop making those arms for its destruction of mankind that they aim for!
Mschumey, yes there is genocide in Rwanda and elsewhere. Sen Kerry acknowledges this fact and at the same time opts for Iraq pullout of US troops. Cut and run from Iraq simply means abdication of purpose to prop up the fledgling democracy that Iraqis decided in their last elections.
Cory, nobody likes war except the arms merchants and warmongers. Wars are important in the scheme of things. You have to look at wars stolidly - in a way, it purges mankind
If having wars means gloria's exit,
then I'm all for it, babe!
Otherwise....
I'd opt for peace my whole life through....
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