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| More Republicans oppose Iraq troop increase |
| 2007-01-23 |
| Congressional Republicans pushed back Monday against President Bush's decision to deploy additional troops in Iraq, some voicing opposition while others called for the administration and Iraqi government to be held accountable. In the Senate, three GOP lawmakers joined one Democrat in unveiling non-binding legislation expressing disagreement with Bush's plan and urging him to "consider all options and alternatives" to the planned increase of 21,500 troops. In the House, members of the leadership drafted a series of what they called "strategic benchmarks," and said the White House should submit monthly reports to Congress measuring progress toward meeting them. The developments occurred on the eve of Bush's State of the Union address, and as Democrats pointed toward votes in the House and Senate in the next few weeks declaring that the troop increase was "not in the national interest of the United States." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 I agree with #8. If the Islamic Nazis didn't control so much of the world's life energy, we wouldn't need to have anything to do with them. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2007-01-23 15:01 |
| #8 Still, these sand monkeys are completely unworthy of America's efforts to bring them into the 21st Century. We aren't doing it for them, we're doing it for ourselves. I'm tired of having the world's oil supply controlled by people living in the 7th century. We need to get off the oil or get them into the 21st century, or preferably both. |
| Posted by: Shaiter Thrick2337 2007-01-23 11:20 |
| #7 I'm torn. On the one hand, I'm against one single drop of American blood ever being shed for a raghead. Let them rot. On the other hand, once you are there, you should finish what you start. Still, these sand monkeys are completely unworthy of America's efforts to bring them into the 21st Century. We should shed blood for our friends, not our enemies. |
| Posted by: mcsegeek1 2007-01-23 10:47 |
| #6 "strategic benchmarks," strategic benchmark (n) : A thoroughly pointless metric that will have no real validity but can be used to beat the Administration over the head at least once a month. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2007-01-23 09:12 |
| #5 Yeah, go ahead. A meaningless, non-binding resolution will look soooooo good on the six o'clock news. Meaningless, that is, to all but our enemies. They're the only ones with a plan besides Bush. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-01-23 06:31 |
| #4 Go ahead, go for broke. See what happens when you do. |
| Posted by: newc 2007-01-23 05:10 |
| #3 We are about to cut and run.... |
| Posted by: John J. Simmins 2007-01-23 01:37 |
| #2 Anyway, check out this Aussie anti-Idiotarian website: http://aussie_news_views.typepad.com/aussie_news_views/ |
| Posted by: Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-23 00:54 |
| #1 We could sure use Hercules right now. |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2007-01-23 00:26 |