[MaestroLC]

GRRRRRRRR!!!! These people DISGUST me! Dems and RINOs--they own defeat. VETO, VETO, VETO....

Another Iraq-Funding Update [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

From a news room source:

Republican Senator Olympia Snowe has announced legislation that will require troop redeployment if the Iraqi government has not met specific benchmarks. After a weekend trip to Iraq, Snowe said "I am more convinced than ever before that the Iraqi government doesn't understand that our commitment is not infinite." Democratic Senator Evan Bayh is the bill's co-sponsor.

The benchmarks the Iraqi government must meet include, "Iraqi assumption control of its military, disarming and demobilizing sectarian militias, holding a referendum on amendments to the Iraqi constitution that ensure participation by all religious and ethnic groups, holding provincial elections, enacting oil revenue sharing, and reforming de-Ba'athification," according to a release.

Under the Snowe-Bayh bill, General Petraeus would have to report on progress toward the benchmarks 120 days after the bill's enactment. The Government Accountability Office would then assess Iraqi progress. If any the Iraqis failed to meet any one of the milestones, Petraeus would then have to submit a plan to withdraw most troops, excluding those for force protection, counter insurgency, and support and training of Iraqi forces.

"This legislation provides accountability for progress and real consequences for continued foot-dragging by politicians in Baghdad," Bayh said in a statement. "They must know that American lives are precious, and American patience is not without bounds."

It's unclear at this point how or if their legislation would play within the Senate's current negotiations with the Administration to resolve the standoff over the war funding bill which was vetoed last week.

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Under the Snowe-Bayh bill, General Petraeus would have to report on progress toward the benchmarks 120 days after the bill's enactment.

What good will it do for Petraeus to report? The dems won't believe anything he says, anyway.

[mewzilla]

U.S. ARMY BASE PLOT 'CONFIRMS EXISTENCE OF WHITE AL-QAEDA' BALKAN EXPERTS SAY

[Fudd Fan]

The RINO Olympia Snowjob. Figures.

[gov_bean_ counter]

holding a referendum on amendments to the Iraqi constitution that ensure participation by all religious and ethnic groups, holding provincial elections, enacting oil revenue sharing, and reforming de-Ba'athification,"

We have no right dictating this to the Iraqi government.

[gov_bean_ counter]

The Government Accountability Office would then assess Iraqi progress

A bunch of damed auditors. Truly coming in after the war and shooting the wounded.

[LibertyLee]

RINOs really irritate me. At least Tony Snow announced that the President would veto any bill with the same constraints (or similar constraints) as the first one.

[HonestConservative]

I cannot say what I think on this as it would then be my last day here at FR.