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Not sure where this is, but it showed up on the Google News page:

VP Cheney Blasts Dems, Others For Undermining Troops In Iraq

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Written by: BayouBuzz Staff

Is Vice President Dick Cheney correct in claiming that Congressional Democrats and others are “undermining troops” since some war opponents want to set a 2008 timetable to the withdrawing American troops from the Iraq war?

Cheney, while appearing at a meeting of The American Israel Public Affairs Committee said, ““When members of Congress pursue an antiwar strategy that’s been called ‘slow bleeding,’ they are not supporting the troops, they are undermining them,” Mr. Cheney said, adding, “Anyone can say they support the troops and we should take them at their word, but the proof will come when it’s time to provide the money.”

“Anyone can say they support the troops and we should take them at their word, but the proof will come when it’s time to provide the money.”

The Senate, this week, is expected to vote on a binding resolution establishing a goal of withdrawal in 2008. Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, the House Appropriations Committee are scrutinizing an emergency spending bill.

In a news conference last month, President Bush stated on the day debate was to begin on the Iraq resolution, ““I think you can be against my decision and support the troops, absolutely”.

Cheney’s comments appear to undercut President Bush’s own statement concerning “undermining the troops”.

However, many opponents of the Bush policy know that the war is very unpopular and are attempting to hold President Bush and Prime Minister Nouri Kamel Mohammed Hassan al-Maliki of Iraq to specific benchmarks including setting a 2008 withdrawal goal.

Mr. Cheney’s remarks to the Jewish group could resonate as a weaker Iraq could mean a stronger Iran which has already vowed to destroy Israel. However, some war opponents want specific milestones set up to measure the success of the war and do not view setting a goal for withdrawal based upon the milestones as “undermining the troops”. Others are concerned that Iraq is simply a civil war and recent statements by David Petraeus, the new Top US Commander in Iraq--that additional troops might be needed beyond those allocated for the current surge--have done little but assuage their concerns of never-ending U.S. involvement in a foreign war.