Posted on 01/10/2007 2:30:20 PM PST by STARWISE
Unswayed by anti-war passions, President Bush will send 21,500 additional U.S. troops to Iraq and build the American presence there toward its highest level to quell worsening bloodshed. The move puts Bush on a collision course with the new Democratic Congress and runs counter to advice from some senior generals.
Set to announce his decisions in a prime-time speech Wednesday night, Bush was to acknowledge making major mistakes in Iraq, primarily failing to deploy enough U.S. soldiers and demand more Iraqi troops and cooperation to confront the country's near-anarchy.
In advance of Bush's address, White House counselor Dan Bartlett said U.S. military operations have been "handcuffed by political interference by Iraqi leadership" — but now will proceed under rules allowing troops to confront Shiite militias as well as Sunni insurgents.
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The new Democratic leaders of Congress met with Bush and complained afterward that their opposition to a buildup had been ignored. "This is the third time we are going down this path. Two times this has not worked," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. "Why are they doing this now? That question remains."
Senate and House Democrats are arranging votes urging the president not to send more troops. While lacking the force of law, the measures would compel Republicans to go on record as either bucking the president or supporting an escalation.
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Vilsack won't answer what the Dems plan is
Just keeps saying they need to send a clear message
Those are her batwings... moonbat wings.
I don't place the blame on the military? Do you? I think all along on this thread I have been questioning the desire of the Iraqi people for wanting freedom for themselves?
Listening to all the Dem spokespersons, one almost gets the sense that they are calling for mass anti-war protests and more....
He probably doesn't inhale anyway..LOL.
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Tick,Tick,Tick
In the last budget which the DoD is now in, they pretty much got what they asked for which shocked me. A lot of nice to have items and now I am beginning to wonder if they built some extra money into the budget which would suit me just fine. I kept expecting cuts in some AF items and they were fully funded.
A red (how appropriate) strait-jacket?
Nice fake Des Moines background too. If ONLY Des Moines were that vibrant. This guy is DELIRIOUS!
Thanks. She was loved by many, many people of all ages.
That's it. A Red Straight Jacket. They tied down her arms, and should have bound her mouth.
"My husband just noted that Maliki just seems like a guy who wants to just quit and go home."
I wish the President had put a few Iraqi leadership candidates in a line up and let American women choose one. ;) Maliki would not have been my pick. He looks like a wimp.
I have seen Smith speaking on TV, no surge but would not cut funding for the troops
I said, "as it were." That means of course, it is template of fantasy - a musing, about given if, then if.
Where'd you hear that?
Gee, it sounds like Vilsack's plan is JUST LIKE BUSH'S.
Their new word is now "escalation."
Also new to the lingo: "balance of power"
lol...loks like the beginnings of some sort of Burka!
Did that dickweed just say that the President has to do what congress says?????
Yah, a "clear message" about NOTHING! Vilsack has been watching too much Seinfeld.
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