Posted on 04/26/2007 10:12:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The US Congress' vote to push for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq was wrong and will bring comfort to Al-Qaeda insurgents, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Friday. The Democrat-dominated US Senate on Thursday passed legislation which set a timeline for the recall of US troops from Iraq, where the US has been engaged in a bloody war since March 2003.
US President George W Bush has vowed to veto the law.
Howard, a staunch Bush supporter who has also committed troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, said the vote by the US Congress was "probably not helpful to the general situation in Iraq."
"I think it is wrong, and I don't think it is doing anything other than giving great comfort and encouragement to Al-Qaeda and the insurgency in Iraq," Howard said.
"They are looking at all this, they read newspapers, they see it on television and they say, 'The American domestic resolve is weakening, therefore we should maintain our resolve.'
"If there is a perception of an America defeat in Iraq, that will leave the whole of the Middle East in great turmoil and will be an enormous victory for terrorism."
The US bill, passed by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, comes against the background of plunging public support for the war which has claimed the lives of more than 3,300 US servicemen and women.
Amen Mr Howard.
At least some leaders still get it.
You know, I disagree with the Bush Administration on many issues, but they are doing the right things in Iraq.
It seems many people on the left and right now believe the war was a mistake or that it was grossly mismanaged. Personally, it doesn’t matter even if they are right. The ONLY thing that matters now is to win the war. That means staying until Iraq has a stable government that is not hostile to the US.
I haven’t heard a single liberal talk about what will happen to Iraq when we leave. Not one! Yet, that is THE most important thing to keep in mind right now. It’s in our own best interests as a nation to bring stability to the Middle East.
Not sad, just to be expected. Since when have the dems had a good grasp of anything?
Sad is the number of Americans who are taken in by the leftist lies.
Spanning the globe to find a statesman for Civilization.
Ditto.
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