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Rep. Shays Calls for Iraq Withdrawal Time Frame [Shays also had sharp words for Rumsfeld....]
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Posted on 08/24/2006 4:45:21 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

Rep. Shays Calls for Iraq Withdrawal Time Frame

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Christopher Shays, who is locked in a tough re-election fight against an anti-war challenger, says the U.S. should consider setting a timeline for troop withdrawals from Iraq.

``Our troops cannot be there indefinitely,'' Shays, R-Conn., said Thursday from London during a telephone conference call with reporters after visiting Iraq for the 14th time since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion. ``We need to have a sense of when our troops can withdraw.''

Shays, who has previously opposed timetables for drawing down troops, said he hopes to offer a specific time frame after he holds congressional hearings on Iraq next month.

``We should be able to tell the American people what kind of timeline we can have to begin to draw down our troops,'' he said. ``It may be a timeline the American people don't want to hear. It may not be something that brings them out quickly.''

Shays has come under fire for his support of the Iraq war from Democratic challenger Diane Farrell in a race widely seen as a showdown on the war.

Farrell, former Westport First Selectman, took sharp aim at her opponent.

``I don't think Chris needed to go to Iraq 14 times to know it's a mess,'' she said. ``To have a time line, there needs to be an exit plan. There's no exit strategy.''

Farrell, who opposes troop pullback timetables proposed by some in her party, has called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's resignation in favor of a successor who can develop an Iraq exit plan that Congress supports.

``Congress ought to demand an exit plan,'' she said.

The race, one of the most closely watched in the nation, is a rematch of the close contest Farrell lost two years ago.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Connecticut; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 109th; rino; shays
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Losing your backbone Chris?
1 posted on 08/24/2006 4:45:22 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Shays can go find a knothole and entertain himself. He's more useful that way than flapping his gums.


2 posted on 08/24/2006 4:46:45 PM PDT by pissant
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To: Sub-Driver

What happened to all the conservatives? They're apparently not in the Republican party any longer.


3 posted on 08/24/2006 4:48:09 PM PDT by Doohickey (I am not unappeasable. YOU are just too easily appeased.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Did he put his hand on his hip AND lisp when he called for Rummie's head?


4 posted on 08/24/2006 4:49:24 PM PDT by toddlintown (IT)
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To: Sub-Driver

The recent buildup in US forces in Baghdad have apparently had a calming effect in the region. Putting a timetable on withdrawal is seriously poor strategic planning. The US should leave Iraq when the Gov't feels they have a peaceful country and can safely ask the US to withdraw and pack them a lunch for their trip home.


5 posted on 08/24/2006 4:50:06 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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We should be able to tell the American people what kind of timeline we can have to begin to draw down our troops,'' he said. ``It may be a timeline the American people don't want to hear.

You will also be telling the terrorists what kind of time line they can have to begin to bring in their people after our troops leave. It is a time line the terrorists want to hear.
6 posted on 08/24/2006 4:51:06 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax , You earn it . You keep it!)
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To: Doohickey

Shays was never a conservative, and he's a marginal Republican. His sole value is calling himself a Republican so we have a vote for speaker and get the committee chairs. Otherwise, he is useless, and in some cases, harmful.


7 posted on 08/24/2006 4:51:46 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
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Losing your backbone Chris?

He never had backbone.
8 posted on 08/24/2006 4:52:23 PM PDT by Man50D (Fair Tax , You earn it . You keep it!)
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If Chris Shays lost to a Democrat, would anyone notice?


9 posted on 08/24/2006 4:53:32 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup (Assistant to the traveling secretary.)
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Otherwise, he is useless, and in some cases, harmful.

I'd say he has become VERY harmful with these idiotic statements. He's disgusting.

10 posted on 08/24/2006 4:54:49 PM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Forth Century)
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Maybe Chris should demand a timetable for Iran to withdraw from Iraq?


11 posted on 08/24/2006 4:56:24 PM PDT by operation clinton cleanup (Assistant to the traveling secretary.)
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To: operation clinton cleanup
Rep Shays, joining Dems, MSM and other on the Al Qaeda

Keep Hope Alive Tour.

12 posted on 08/24/2006 4:57:50 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter ( Helen Thomas on anticipating and handling a crisis: "I'll live under that bridge when I get to it.")
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To: Sub-Driver

McCain's sock puppet.


13 posted on 08/24/2006 4:58:18 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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He never had any backbone. Shays is the worst kind of pussy.

Now that he is losing his election, he is desperately seeking Democrat votes. We don't need him and I hope he goes down hard.
14 posted on 08/24/2006 4:59:14 PM PDT by Pukin Dog
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So everyone can put a FIRM lock on what this jerk looks like...


15 posted on 08/24/2006 4:59:48 PM PDT by NordP (America: There are more Patriots than Punks!)
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Who needs a terrorist when wen have people like Shays in our own party??


16 posted on 08/24/2006 5:08:13 PM PDT by Coldwater Creek ("Over there, over there, We won't be back 'til it's over Over there.")
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17 posted on 08/24/2006 5:15:13 PM PDT by hipaatwo (Vote for your life. Every vote for a Democrat is a vote against victory.)
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To: Pukin Dog

Is he losing? I didn't know that. Well, let him lose. I have no sympathy for him; besides always stabbing us in the back he is a whiner.


18 posted on 08/24/2006 5:18:13 PM PDT by Miss Marple (Lord, please look after Mozart Lover's and Jemian's sons and keep them strong.)
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To: Miss Marple

One of the worst Republicans in the House.


19 posted on 08/24/2006 5:18:46 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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To: Sub-Driver

They would all eat crap if thats what it took to get elected.

Chris just took a large mouthful.

We in the real world dont have any inkling of the perks these guys enjoy.


20 posted on 08/24/2006 5:19:29 PM PDT by sgtbono2002 (The fourth estate is a fifth column.)
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