Support Said Growing for Iraq Exit Plan

AP ^ | 8/18/5 | STEVE HARTSOE

[SmithL]

Raleigh - Congressman Walter Jones said Thursday he has about 50 co-sponsors on a joint resolution that calls on President Bush to announce by year's end a plan for withdrawal from Iraq.

The resolution — introduced in June by Jones, another Republican and two Democrats — calls on the president to begin executing the withdrawal by Oct. 1, 2006. It does not set an end date.

"I think that people have finally understood what we're doing," Jones said after a meeting at the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, noting that people have mistakenly thought the resolution was binding.

The initial resolution sponsors are Ron Paul, R-Texas, who voted against the war, and two Democrats who have opposed it, Reps. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii. Jones said the new supporters include five Republicans.

It is the first such resolution put forth by lawmakers from both parties, although an overwhelming number of Democrats and six House Republicans voted in 2002 against sending troops to Iraq.

[RustysGirl]

Really, this from the Freedom Fries guy (Walter Jones). I think he was just faking it when he renamed those vegetables in the Capitol cafeteria.

[drc43]

WHY hasn't the Media demanded an exit strategy for:

1. Kosovo
2. Haiti
3. Germany
4. Okinawa
5. Korea

What gets me, is that EVERYONE involved in Iraq volunteered.
There are NO draftees.
These are ADULTS on an ADULT mission.
They made a choice.

I thought Libs were in favor of choice.

Silly me.

[SierraWasp]

Yours in the most prescient and profound post on this thread... bar none!!!

Oh! And check out my tagline just for the heck of it...

[drc43]

VICTORY!

VICTORY!

Let it ring aroung the world.

VICTORY!!!

OUR Exit Strategy!!!

[SierraWasp]

I hear that!!!

[pollyannaish]

Wait...I think I've heard that exit plan about a bajillion times and agree with it wholeheartedly. Wasn't anyone else listening!

(I'm going to go Howard-crazy if I keep listening to the msm. Yearrghhhh!)

[pollyannaish]

Ok...let me interpret this:

I was for the war when it was easy. Now that we are going through the difficult murky part, I'm not sure I want to do it anymore.

Yes...that is the kind of Americans our troops need. The kind that support them when they don't need it and high tail it out of there when the going gets rough or the enemy throws things at us that are unanticipated. WARS ARE MESSY and WARS ARE HARD. That does not mean they are not worth fighting.

I am not trying to insult you...I just want you to stop yourself short and SERIOUSLY THINK about what you are saying. Are you sure that is the kind of person you want to be? Honestly, I think I people who have been against it all along for philosophical reasons are more honorable than that kind of approach.

In war, you are either all in until we win...or you are out. Mushy middle need not apply.

[TomasUSMC]

...Freedom cannot be imposed, especially in a part of the world like the Middle East.

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Oh yes it can. Freedom was imposed on Germany and Japan rather well, they are excellent examples today.

But first we had to kill them by the millions.

Nukes and Ultimatums. Tried and True method.

Nuke Damascus or Tehran and keep nuking until we are satisfied that the threat is over.

This Vietnam Redux is crap. We need to fight like we did in WW2 - NO MERCY!

WE didn't start this war but we have the means of finishing it in one month, if only we had the will.
TAGLINE:

[bethtopaz]

This is a great idea! Did you send it to the White House?

[bethtopaz]

This is a great idea! Did you send it to the White House?

[bethtopaz]

Last year a middle-eastern man called into a talk show, after we found Saddam Hussein.

He said, "I am so glad that we finally found the weapons of mass destruction. Saddam killed thousands of his own people."

I believe that just like Hitler was a weapon of mass destruction (6 million Jews and millions of other non-Aryans) isn't small change.

Hey, we found the weapon of mass destruction.

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Sure, let's announce a surrender date.

Would you rather us just leave in the middle of the night? Let the Iraqis clean up the rest of the bad guys. The terrorists are killing THEM more than they are american soldiers

[TomasUSMC]

Iraq was no threat, he was hemmed in by Sanctions and Over Flights...he had no WMD

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oLe Lincarhamus been here for 7 days, humm.

Iraq was a threat way back in 1993 in the first WTC bombing. Half of those involved were linked to Iraq.

Iraq was not hemmed in. His support for terror was with his money and Saddam was sending money to Palestinian bombers as well as giving sanctuary to one of the 1993 WTC bombers.

The whole world didn't know whether Saddam had and would use WMDs. Well NOW they now that he does NOT and WILL NOT IN THE FUTURE. There was only one way the World would be guaranteed knowing this, and that was by going in and taking that punk down.

Why? Because unlike Clinton and his cowardly liberal scum, who went after his WTC attackers with
-lawyers, subpoenas and affidavits;

Republicans tend to be a little more proactive in defense of this country. We go after the enemy with
-Marines, Submarines and Aircraft.
If only we could use Big Boy, and drop it on Tehran ( I'm talking about Michael Mooron. Moslems would hate all those megatons of swineflesh.)

[bethtopaz]

Yes, and Osama bin Laden's assertions about the weak will of the Americans would be confirmed.

He watched how the U.S. responded to the anti-war protestors during Vietnam and eventually left because of it. He's just biding his time.

Why reward terrorism?

[bethtopaz]

This whole idea of an "exit strategy" is a no-brainer.

You have a misbehaving, temper-throwing child. You give him boundaries and get tough when he crosses over them.

He screams, yells, kicks, throws things, breaks things and finally -- you say to youself, Well, I guess the only thing I can do now is leave him alone.

The child has learned a huge lesson -- but not a good one. If he screams, yells, kicks, throws, breaks enough and for a long enough period of time, getting progressively more violent, then he gets his way.

The child is victorious -- the parent a big loser.
And it will only get worse.

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Rush Limbaugh: The terrorists -- an endless parade of human debris.

[bethtopaz]

Soul Seeker,
You are correct - if you listen to the men and women 'over there' they tell an entirely different story. Progress is being made and good things are happening. Iraqis are learning to fight for their country and dying for it in the process.

Americans have become so impatient that they want this war to be won as fast as it takes to get a cheeseburger and fries at McDonalds. I'm so thankful the anti-war, socialist/communist, anti-American group weren't around during WWII or the world would all be saying, "Heil Hitler."

[bethtopaz]

Love your tag line Tomas, USMC!

[Shawndell Green]

"Freedom cannot be imposed"

No, but we can keep Iraq from becoming the homebase for terrorism.

I do not give a dam* if Iraq becomes heaven on earth or if it becomes the the freest place on earth. I do give a dam* if it turns into terrorism central.

Leaving Iraq with the job half done will just encourage the terrorists to continue suicide bombing and terrorist attacks throughout the world, including here at home.

Your plan would reward them for the suicide bombing and show them and the world that America is weak and cannot sustain even low casualties for an extended time frame. Sending that message in this day and age would mean that over the next fifty years, many more Americans would lose their life to the jihadists.

[Shawndell Green]

Tip: learn the difference between your and you're. They taught me that in third grade. Your arguments are also at the third grade level.

[Shawndell Green]

You made good points. I have good news. Lincarhamus is no more.