CUTTING AND RUNNING
During last week's Senate debate on Democratic proposals to set a timetable for withdrawal of U.S.troops from Iraq, Republican Senators belittled these efforts as failure to stay the course. A timetable is "just wrong". Other Republicans have accused the Democrats for lack of spine, surrender, and everything else almost to the point of treason.
Well, now the Republicans have adopted a timetable for troop withdrawals - the 2006 Congressional elections. True, it's not all troops, just 50,000 or so, this September.. General Casey has proposed not only this withdrawal, but also plans for substantial additional reductions in 2007 and 2008.
Obviously, this plan is not all that different from the Democratic proposals - and all plans could be changed because of conditions on the ground. The Republicans just proved again to be hypocrites who are supremely focused on playing politics with our troops and on trying to justify Bush's misguided adventure in Iraq.
During last week's Senate debate on Democratic proposals to set a timetable for withdrawal of U.S.troops from Iraq, Republican Senators belittled these efforts as failure to stay the course. A timetable is "just wrong". Other Republicans have accused the Democrats for lack of spine, surrender, and everything else almost to the point of treason.
Well, now the Republicans have adopted a timetable for troop withdrawals - the 2006 Congressional elections. True, it's not all troops, just 50,000 or so, this September.. General Casey has proposed not only this withdrawal, but also plans for substantial additional reductions in 2007 and 2008.
Obviously, this plan is not all that different from the Democratic proposals - and all plans could be changed because of conditions on the ground. The Republicans just proved again to be hypocrites who are supremely focused on playing politics with our troops and on trying to justify Bush's misguided adventure in Iraq.
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