‘We Can’t Afford to Leave’(Reyes-Dem) in your face Michael Moore

MSNBC-Newsweek ^ | 12052006

[BlueJ7]

Dec. 5. 2006 - In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to “dismantle the militias.”

[BlueJ7]

He hasn't read Michael Moore's Fatwa.

[cripplecreek]

That's FATwa.

[Freee-dame]

and when we don't do it, he'll blame President Bush. Either way, Bush will get the blame.

[DakotaRed]

That's fine and dandly for him to "WANT." What about the generals on the ground and President Bush? Or, are we handing everything over to the slim margin of Dems?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I'm pinching myself here...

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I think you mean FATwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh!!!

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

FATwa !! ROFLMAO!!

[OldFriend]

Moving troops from other parts of Irag to the Baghdad area would be possible without adding more troops to the country.

I believe this is already under consideration.

[shrinkermd]

Everyone has an idea on how to change things. The war is being won in spite of the naysayers on FR and elsewhere. It is slow, painful but other than Baghdad most of the country is relatively peaceful.

The problem is a small minority with IEDs and suicide bombers can kill almost at will. Certainly, they kill the Iraqi civilians at will and while they have a harder time with coalition troops they do succeed often enough to make the MSM.

More troops means more targets. If the generals had wanted them they would have asked for them. In the meantime, it is a pleasant surprise to hear a RAT talk about how to win rather than we have already lost.

[DCPatriot]

I don't like the idea of our troops concentrated in Baghdad.

Not with Iran vs Israel heating up.

[uncbob]

And Gen Zinni said in the NYT interview to cut and run would be a disaster

What is going on here

[Doc91678]

Not according to Kucinich. He has stated unequivacally that he will try to cut funding to the Military in Iraq.

[jveritas]

The reporting is that the Chief of General Staff report, i.e. the Military Command report is going to recommend increase of troops level for a short period of time, of course "short" is always relative. It can be few month to more than a year. I think the President will follow the recommendations of the Military i.e. increase the troops level and going to throw the Baker-Hamilton defeatist report in the trash.

[paudio]

I've seen this for a while. Many Dims actually didn't oppose Iraq war. They just didn't want it to be won under Bush and the GOP.

[paudio]

I've seen this for a while. Many Dims actually didn't oppose Iraq war. They just didn't want it to be won under Bush and the GOP.

[Liberty Valance]

Move the Green Zone and all media to the north with the Kurds.

[Mr. Buzzcut]

CorpulentWah.

[elhombrelibre]

What a pleasant surprise this is!

[elhombrelibre]

I agree. He'll be able to say he looked at options, and we cannot allow failure. Then, he'll deploy additional troops to work with the Iraqi army to disarm the militias.

[OldFriend]

My personal opinion is that Iran is bloviating.