Posted on 11/12/2006 7:40:13 AM PST by shrinkermd
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats, who won majorities in the U.S. Congress in last week's elections, said on Sunday they will push for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq to begin in four to six months.
"The first order of business is to change the direction of Iraq policy," said Sen. Carl Levin (news, bio, voting record), a Michigan Democrat who is expected to be chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee in the new Congress.
Levin, on ABC's "This Week," said he hoped some Republicans would emerge to join Democrats and press the administration of President George W. Bush to tell the Iraqi government that U.S. presence was "not open-ended."
Bush has insisted that U.S. troops would not leave Iraq until the Iraqis were able to take over security for their country.
"We need to begin a phased redeployment of forces from Iraq in four to six months," Levin said.
Speaking on the same program, Sen. Joseph Biden (news, bio, voting record), a Delaware Democrat who is expected to head the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he supported Levin's proposal for a withdrawal.
You are vulgar and rude. Do not reply to me again. This reminds me of having a battle with a Moonbat.
A civil war in Iraq and our simultaneous retreat will mean an Iraq dominated by Iran followed by the Persian Gulf. Say hello to $10.00 gasoline. Thus, the consequences of defeat and retreat in Iraq will definitely be part of the '08 election and the media will blame it all on Bush, hence, Her Thighness wins.
When Shillery gets inaugurated, an armed revolution (or another secession) in America will begin, since the "real" Americans will not tolerate a Marxist federal government. I, for one, plan to move my family as far away from the "Blue" (actually RED) zones as I possibly can.
I'd get out of the green zone before Israel and Iran go at it. Or have a safe place deep under ground there. It's going to get flattened if the Iranians can get off one strike. Maybe we have building cover to retreat to the Kurdish region north and Shatt Al Arab/Kuwait south. There's going to be a bigger war in the area in the next 6 months you gotta believe.
I'd get out of the green zone before Israel and Iran go at it. Or have a safe place deep under ground there. It's going to get flattened if the Iranians can get off one strike. Maybe we have building cover to retreat to the Kurdish region north and Shatt Al Arab/Kuwait south. There's going to be a bigger war in the area in the next 6 months you gotta believe.
"Well, the troops will be home for next Christmas."
And terrorism may again hit home by St. Patricks.
So this is the Dems strategy for winning the Iraq war? Hmmmm. I guess during Normandy, our guys should have started paddling back in rubber dingys to the troop launch ships, and called the invasion off.
This will be called "The Greatest Generation of Self-Absorption and Apathy."
I don't understand how, if you're opposed to the US being in Iraq, you can be for a "phased" withdrawal.
Immediate withdrawal should be yout goal, no?
How do you let even one more person die if you don't think we should be there in the first place?
These cowards should just say what they are for.
What a stupid-A$$ statement!
Levin needs to re-read his mangled copy of the Constitution. Congress is not responsible for foreign policy. Congress is not the Commander-in-Chief. The first order of business SHOULD BE to get Congress out of the way and let the grown-ups continue to do their jobs.
The fact that the same people who were dancing in the streets and celebrating when the WTC twin towers fell were dancing in the streets and celebrating again last Wednesday should tell you everything you need to know about the democrat agenda.
Happened in Viet Nam and is happening again in Iraq
All that the Dems stand for
Or, do you mean the part where I note that the Dems wish for the destruction of Israel ~ and that's fairly easily demonstrated. The Dems have demanded the US discuss things with Iran regarding Iraqi security needs. At the same time the Iranian government is announcing that it will destroy Israel.
You can look at today's Drudge Report for more on that.
Now, recant. Bow down. Give me an abject apology. Crawl through ground glass while you are at it.
One good thing about that possiblity is that it'll give us a chance to clean house of the RATs.
When I was in school, I used to say this to the liberal students: "Sometimes, I wish America would be invaded so that when you go over and help the enemy, our soldiers can shoot you as well,"
That's because it was a democrap who put our troops in those places.
I don't disagree that our leaving Iraq would make the conflict worse. We know it would be civil war and the Demonrats know it would be civil war. They started making noise about 3 months ago that if they won the House and Senate that they would not do an immediate pull out of our troops. But, if they start pulling our troops anytime soon and there is a resultant mess, they will be blamed and they know it. What I see now is a lot of Democrats losing their seats in 08 irregardless of what they do about Iraq. If they do nothing they lose, if they proceed and the end result is a bloody mess and it will be they lose.
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