Posted on 03/04/2006 3:05:04 PM PST by jmc1969
Iowa Senator Tom Harkin has called for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, saying it's the only solution after recent religious violence in that nation.
Harkin's comments place him among the first members of Congress to publicly state that the war in Iraq has become a fight between Muslim factions.
The criticism follows a CBS poll last week that showed 65 percent of respondents disapproved of President Bush's handling of the war, his worst marks since the war started three years ago.
A White House spokesman says retreat before victory would be reckless.
(Excerpt) Read more at woi-tv.com ...
Zarqawi wins support from another US Senator.
Harkin is just another jerk who blows in the wind depending on what the polls are.
They are so anxious to turn it into another Viet Nam. Cut and run is all they know.
Lots of chickens in Iowa, and Tom's king of the barnyard.
Harkin's father should have pulled out.
Zarqawi has been a thousand times more effective winning the public opinion war in the US with the help of the MSM then he has been in winning the war in Iraq.
This guy is like a man with a tide table ordering the sea to recede. We *are* going to be reducing the number of troops in Iraq pretty dramatically before the year ends. That is because the Iraqi army will be taking over defense of their own country. So by demanding that the sea go back when the tide is ebbing, it will look like he actually got something done.
Harkin? Another Dimocratic no-name trying to get people to remember who he is.
It isnt that Zarkawi wins their support, Its that they dont have the courage to go against the polls.
Doing whats right isnt always the easiest way to get re-elected. Sometimes the easiest way is to go along to get along. The Senate isnt noted for courage.
I have a very hard time with people, especially Government People, who is suppost to know more than the American People in this situation, who makes these statements.
Where was this idiot on the morning of Sept. 11? There is more to Politics in America than putting your finger up in the air to see which way the wind is blowing...
They don't seem to care, its all about winning another 4-6 years in their little nests they have built for themselves on our money...
This is one of the MANY reasons I feel term limits should be passed...it would, in my opinion anyway, make them do what WE want them to do, and not what THEY want to do on our money....
Right on.
Please dont shoot but... Im getting slightly teed off at W. I am so tired of reading all the crap coming out of the mags, MSM, newspapers, books, blogs,etc. He has got to fight. What is he doing? Im perplexed.
Like durbin,harkin is a disgrace to the U.S. Senate.
Right on. Most of the heavy lifting, such as it is, is done in the House of Representatives. The senators are merely a bunch of preening, posturing, bloviating pouter pigeons.
Right on. Most of the heavy lifting, such as it is, is done in the House of Representatives. The senators are merely a bunch of preening, posturing, bloviating pouter pigeons.
That is brilliant.
I know moderate Dem friends who are furious at HArkin tonight. They are trying so hard to triangulate and act moderate while undermining Bush, but the fringe like HArkin keep cutting their legs out.
A definite candidate for the "Opportunist Party"....
Harkin has given quite a few speeches on the Senate floor calling President Bush and other Republicans "chicken hawks"...
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