Posted on 07/31/2006 10:12:28 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
United House, Senate Democratic Leadership Put Forward Concrete Plan For Change of Course in Iraq
7/31/2006 12:56:00 PM
To: National Desk
Contact: Jim Manley or Rebecca Kirszner, 202-224-2939, both of the Office of Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid; or Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both of the Office of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
WASHINGTON, July 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was released today by House and Senate Democratic leaders:
With violence exploding in Iraq, there is little evidence that the Bush Administration and Congressional Republicans have a coherent strategy to stabilize Iraq. Thousands have been killed in sectarian and insurgent violence in recent months, and now the American people have been told that thousands more U.S. troops will be redeployed into an urban war zone in Baghdad. The President's current approach is not sustainable.
Today, the Senate and House Democratic Leaders and ranking members from the key national security committees wrote to the President calling upon him to begin the phased redeployment of U.S. forces before the end of the year, to transform the U.S. mission, and to launch a real diplomatic and reconstruction effort to help stabilize Iraq. These concrete recommendations draw upon the Levin/Reed Iraq policy amendment overwhelmingly supported in the Senate. Simply staying the course behind the President's failed policy is not in the interests of our troops, taxpayers or national security.
Quotes from the letter:
"While the world has been focused on the crisis in the Middle East, Iraq has exploded in violence. Some 6,000 Iraqis were killed in May and June, and sectarian and insurgent violence continues to claim American and Iraqi lives at an alarming rate. In the face of this onslaught, one can only conclude that the Baghdad security plan you announced five weeks ago is in great jeopardy."
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its the month python and the holy grail strategy :
Run Away, Run Away... "
1) Blame Bush.
2) Bash Bush.
3) Continue speaking like terrorists.
Are we redeploying to Okinawa, again?
"Cut and run, cut and run, cut and run."
Hysterically funny.
appeasement
Bears repeating
Let's have another round of votes on this. Hastert and Frist need to bring it up once again.
NOthing but pure mental masturbation...
sad actual... that policy will embolden and empower terrorists and show them that the US is weak and a good target
I always knew the Senate and House Democratic Leaders sucks up to the terrorists giving into their demands.
This is the left-wing policy. Like everything else they do, they do it half assed.
It is a change in course alright.. its called cut and run.
Is this a joke? They really need some new PR people.....
Where is Little Johnny MeCain?
Democrats have a plan.
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Was this the John Kerry plan he mentioned during his last Presidential campaign? "I have a plan. Can't tell you what it is. But I have a plan."
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