Posted on 11/10/2006 5:15:04 AM PST by Tribemike
George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June. If Democrats don't take steps to end the war in Iraq soon, they won't be in power very long, McGovern told reporters before a speech at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"I think the Democratic leadership is wise enough to know that if they're going to follow the message that election sent, they're going to have to take steps to bring the war to a conclusion," he said.
McGovern will present his recommendations before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a 62-member group led by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee.
"The best way to reduce this insurgency is to get the American forces out of there," McGovern said. "That's what's driving this insurgency."
McGovern told the audience Thursday that the Iraq and Vietnam wars were equally "foolish enterprises" and that the current threat of terrorism developed because _ not before _ the United States went into Iraq.
McGovern's plan _ as written in his new book, "Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now" _ also calls for the United States to remove hired mercenaries from the region, push for the removal of British troops and establish a temporary transitional force, similar to police, made up of Muslims from the region.
"I've talked with a lot of senior officers _ generals and admirals _ in preparation for this book, that say this war can't be won, that the problems now are not military problems," McGovern told reporters. "There isn't going to be any decisive victory in Iraq."
It is vital that Republican and Democratic legislators find common ground with one another and President Bush, McGovern said.
"Never let the new class of Democrats forget that they're there in considerable part because of the war the American public has now turned against," McGovern said. "That's going to have to be something that they have to explore with Republicans and with the White House."
McGovern, a former South Dakota congressman and senator, was a leading opponent of the war in Vietnam. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972, losing to Richard Nixon, and was ambassador to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome from 1998 to 2001.
I would love to see what advice George McGovern would give to the Washington and Philadelphia city leaders on overcoming their crime problems.
I am not sure what power the congress has between now and June. The 2007 budget is already in place. They only can control the purse strings, and quite frankly this is the line where President Bush needs to battle, because the public will not go for defunding of the troops.
Talk about Deja-Vu all over again!.......
This is what America voted for. It's a disgrace but being openly traitorous is part of the game now. Accepted by the public. The media and Demonrats have done nothing but undermine this country and will lead to its destruction. Nov. 7, 2006 is going to go down as a day of infamy.
At least Lieberman is on our side on the WOT.
I take some comfort in that...for now.
In 12-18 months when the Taleban and Amadenutjob control Iraq and gas is 10$ a gallon the folks who voted for Webb et.al. will wish they could get that vote back again...
I thought he was dead. More than a few former S Viets probably wish it were true.
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And that is the raison d'etre of the Rats. They will say or do whatever it takes to get power. The safety and sovereignty of the nation and the protection of our American way of life are inconsequential to them.
McGovern appointed to be new Capitulation Czar!
FYI
Over the next year every liberal cockroach from the left will feel safe to come crawling out of the hole they have been hiding in to try and grab a last fleeting moment of fame. Expect McGovern, Jesse Jackson, Carter, Delay, Dukkakis, and others to show up. The scary thing is that the new congress will actually listen to these losers. And the MSM will try an make them relevant.
I would rather see him give the Democrat Party advice on how to win the Presidency.
Congressional Progressive Caucus - the legislative arm of the Democrat Socialists of America since the early 1970's. Chaired at one time by Socialist Bernie Sanders, now in the Senate.
McGovern in '08 ...nice ring to it don't you think?
Heck if they can reprise Lautenberg, and Mondale why not George?
McGovern meeting with Congress to advise on the war really puts this Democrat take-over of government in perspective doesn't it !!
What has the American electorate wrought? God help us all!
Isn't McGovern a little too old to do much other than change his own diapers?
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