"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Friday, Oct. 6, 2006
Sen. John Warner: Iraq War 'Drifting Sideways'
Sen. John Warner on Thursday offered his darkest assessment yet of Iraq, saying the war there was "drifting sideways" without a commitment from its government to disarm militias.
January 22, 2007
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/01/22/warner-iraq-resolution/
BREAKING: Sen. John Warner To Introduce Resolution Opposing Iraq Escalation Sen. John Warner (R-VA) will introduce a resolution today making clear that he does not support the President on increasing the troop levels in Iraq and calling escalation a mistake, CNNs Dana Bash reports. Warners resolution will be cosponsored by Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ben Nelson (D-NE).
November 15, 2005 Senate Republicans Pushing for a Plan on Ending the War in Iraq By CARL HULSE
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 - In a sign of increasing unease among Congressional Republicans over the war in Iraq, the Senate is to consider on Tuesday a Republican proposal that calls for Iraqi forces to take the lead next year in securing the nation and for the Bush administration to lay out its strategy for ending the war....The proposal on the Iraq war, from Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, and Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, would require the administration to provide extensive new quarterly reports to Congress on subjects like progress in bringing in other countries to help stabilize Iraq. The other appeals related to Iraq are nonbinding and express the position of the Senate.
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So it's not like this is some new, startling change in Warner's position.
BUSH LOVES RINO’s - the birds or is that their SPECTER are coming home to roost.
The big media LIE being pushed here is that Warner’s statement represents something new. Paraphrasing CBS news, for example, “a long time supporter of the president’s policy has now changed his position.”
Warner turned yellow several months ago, of course.
“influential former chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee”
I stopped reading right there.....not interested in anything he says except he’s going to retire.
Warner is turning out to be someone who needs to go in a state where he can be kicked out. I think Jim Gilmore would make a good replacement for this old bag of crap.
I think there is a rush to run in fron of the parade.
We ARE eventually going to leave, whether it is today or 50 years from today.
For his own reasons Warner is hedging his bets to do “I told you so.”
Warner could just as easily demanded night follow day.
Perhaps during the next solar eclipse he could point to the sky and demand the sun come back.
He is another dinosaur ready for Byrdland.