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Home Front: Politix
Iraq move may quash 'bipartisan' Congress
2007-01-04
America's 110th Congress begins on Thursday in what both the new Democratic majority and George W. Bush, US president, have promised will usher in a new era of bipartisanship. But few believe the warm rhetoric of bipartisan co-operation will survive Mr Bush's announcement of a "new way forward in Iraq", which is expected within 10 days.

In spite of the electorate's repudiation of Mr Bush's Iraq strategy at mid-term elections in November, the White House looks set to announce a "surge" of up to 30,000 new troops in a move that would also go against the recommendations of the discredited bipartisan Iraq Study Group, which published its report last month.

"The Congress has changed; our obligations to the country haven't changed."
Democratic leaders, including Nancy Pelosi, who will be sworn in on Thursday as America's first female speaker of the House of Representatives, and Harry Reid, the Senate leader, have already ruled out supporting an increase in the level of US forces in Iraq – as have a growing number of Republicans. Almost all Democrats and some Republicans favour a reduction in the existing 140,000 troop level.

But Mr Bush has made clear that he does not feel bound by the results of the recent elections on his Iraq policy. In a statement on Wednesday, he promised to work with the new Congress but said: "The Congress has changed; our obligations to the country haven't changed."
Posted by:Fred

#2  More crap from MSNBC. It's all "Mr. Bush's" fault, boo hoo. Poor Nancy...

Veto stamp at the ready, Mr. President?
Posted by: mojo   2007-01-04 10:36  

#1  Reminder - iff Hillary wins the WH in 2008 and serves 8 IMPERIAL = COLONIAL yarns, the end of her term is at the rough period btwn Years 2015-2020 where both Russia-China say WAR AGZ THE USA, AND ONLY THE USA, IS NOT ONLY POSSIBLE/REALISTIC BUT DESIRED [can read - WINNABLE?]. And just to make sure that the USA has a fair chance of winning = losing to Russia-China, for OWG + anti-US National-Global Socialism, the US and Internat Lefts reserves its right to use any means necessary, including but not limited to anarchies and revolution, to induce or force America to adopt same > you know, PATRIOTISM, where America's enemies hate America but weirdly and mysteriously but only co-incidentally PCorrectly/Deniably don't wanna leave or move elsewhere.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2007-01-04 00:40  

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