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April 06, 2008
Democrats On The Hill Petition Bush On Iraq
Hill Dems petition Bush on Iraq - Democrats Letter to President Bush April 4, 2008
A group of senior house Democrats today urged President Bush to overhaul current Iraq policy and encourage leaders of that country to bolster its political and military infrastructure.
The leaders said the recent troop buildup in Iraq had not achieved its purpose and urged Bush to direct troops to play a more limited role in Iraq and divert freed up resources to other regions such as the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"The current Iraq strategy has no discernible end in sight and requires the United States to spend additional hundreds of billions of dollars despite urgent national needs in education, health care, and infrastructure improvement, and when high oil prices have provided the Iraqi government with billions in additional revenue that could pay for their own redevelopment and security," states the letter, signed by 18 senior Democrats, including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California.
You can read the full letter here.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, responded to word of the letter, saying it was prematurely sent in advance of testimony on Capitol Hill by Gen. David Petraeus and Iraq Amb. Ryan Crocker, who are slated to testify on Capitol Hill next Tuesday.
"Rather than hear from our ambassador about the political and economic progress in Iraq, and rather than listen to the Petraeus plan for safely drawing down troops in Iraq, the Democrat leadership is relying on a letter to paper over the disparate views in their party," McConnell said. "While Democrats are divided on how best to assuage MoveOn, the military has described the safe way to return troops to the U.S. without abandoning an ally or our regional interests."
Wild Thing's comment........
Well those names signing the letter are the usual list of suspects .
Wouldn't it be neat if Bush could just write across the Petition Screw you and send it back to them. heh heh
I have always been a firm believer that the military should be the one to decide the when, and how a mission should be halted or changed. Give input to the Commander in Chief yes but not be at the mercy or attacks of input from some career politicians that have made a point of wanting never to win this war.
And from the letter look who has signed it and why the heck are they still allowed to be on these particular committees????????? GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Nancy Pelosi Harry Reid
Speaker of the House Senate Majority Leader
Steny H. Hoyer Richard J. Durbin
House Majority Leader Senate Assistant Majority Leader
Ike Skelton Carl Levin
Chairman, House Armed Services Chairman, Senate Armed Services Committee Committee
Howard Berman Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Chairman, House Foreign Affairs Chairman, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Committee
Silvestre Reyes John D. Rockefeller IV Chairman, House Permanent Chairman, Senate Select
Select Committee on Committee on Intelligence Intelligence
John Murtha Daniel K. Inouye
Chairman, House Defense Chairman, Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Appropriations Subcommittee
Nita Lowey Patrick J. Leahy
Chairwoman, House State Chairman, Senate State and
and Foreign Operations Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee Appropriations Subcommittee
Posted by Wild Thing at April 6, 2008 03:45 AM
Comments
Gee, all the bullies on the block, huh?
Seems like a gang up to me.
And it's always the same idiots causing all
the trouble, doesn't it?
They can go sod off for all I care.
I wish Bush would tell them to "F" off.
I'd love to see the looks on their faces.
Posted by: Lynn at April 6, 2008 05:47 AM
At least Al-Qaeda wears ski masks and hide their faces. Our traitorous jackals don't have to. In an Islamic caliphate, guess who would be executed first? The ones that are godless and have no morals, eh? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm? "Say goodbye to Hollywood...say goodbye my baby!"
- Billy Joel, 1976
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at April 6, 2008 05:57 AM
The graphic on the previous posted item said it best regarding "the democrat's" --- "Providing Aid & Comfort to America's Enemies For More Than 40 Years".
Voters have a real choice next November. The white flag of surrender and defeat or the red, white, and blue flag of the United States of America responsibly defending freedom and democracy for those in need and ask for our help.
Posted by: Les at April 6, 2008 07:14 PM
Lynn...."I wish Bush would tell them to "F" off.
I'd love to see the looks on their faces."....That would be fantastic!
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 7, 2008 12:28 AM
Darth, yes they sure are stupid. The terrorists didn't ssk who was a Democrat when they did the attack on 9-11. Hello Democrats get a brain they want you dead too.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 7, 2008 12:29 AM
Les I agree, and lots of prayers for our country.
Posted by: Wild Thing at April 7, 2008 12:31 AM
If NOT for the HEROES of ~UF93~ on 9-11-01, the US Capitol building would have been DESTROYED! And these treasonous scumbags don't RECALL this FACT? I blame the 'W' administration for NOT saying this over and over and over... Tod Beamer (~UF93~)was sold out by these dispicable Judas Dems, big time!
Posted by: darthcrUSAderworldtour07 at April 7, 2008 01:09 AM
