The GOP doesn't want to lose the Senate and the House next year, so I'm not surprised if a number of them are saying that at some point the US has to bring the troops home.
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Very short sighted. This has been the least costly, most visibly successful war we have fought in over 100 years. The American people aren't as stupid as the media and the politicians. We overwhelmingly support winning this war, and we won't accept a cowardly retreat under any circumstances.
It's costing more than a billion dollars a week. One of the reasons we're looking at tax increases in the future -- instead of the further tax cuts that ought to be happening. I'm an old-fashioned conservative who believes in less government spending, not more -- and part of that means not spending billions and billions on foreign adventures that aren't essential to our security. I'm consistent on this : I also opposed Clinton in Haiti and Africa, and I'm against most foreign aid. We need more freedom at home - - that should be the top priority for a conservative president. Lower taxes, less spending, stronger property rights (end eminent domain abuse), respect for life, less unnecessary regulation on businesses, fewer inane environmental rules. I want freedom in America. But for a lot of freepers, that makes me a "chamberlainbuff." In my book, they're old-fashioned FDR (or LBJ) liberals.