It looks like they're getting a bit nervous on the other side of the aisle.
The House was on track to consider next week legislation that would give President Bush $50 billion for operations Iraq and Afghanistan but insist that he begin withdrawing troops.
The measure identifies a goal of ending combat by December 2008, leaving only enough soldiers and Marines behind to fight terrorists, train Iraqi security forces and protect U.S. assets.
Pelosi, D-Calif., told members in a private caucus meeting on Thursday that if Bush rejected the measure, she did not intend on sending him another war spending bill for the rest of the year.
Sounds awfully familiar doesn't it? Oh yeah, Nancy Pelosi said almost the exact same thing the last time a spending bill came up. Well unfortunately for them, they are now REALLY going to have to explain why they want to yank funding when violence and deaths are down significantly.
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Democrats face "unfortunate timing" because of the military progress being made in Iraq.
"While our troops are quelling violence and defeating terrorists in Baghdad and throughout Iraq, Democrats in Washington are trying to choke off funds for our troops in the field," he said.
Exactly right. To yank out funds now would be disastrous on many levels. Too bad Pelosi, Reid and their ilk simply can't take good news from Iraq. It's like they've buried their heads in the sand and simply won't change their minds. Sure, we can't remain there forever, however we're making such great progress that to pull out now would almost certainly reverse all the sacrifices that our soldiers have made up to this point.
They talk about "supporting the troops", but I'd love to hear them explain to a soldier why his friend died trying to rid a village of insurgents only to have Congress rip his unit out of Iraq and have the insurgents come back and terrorize a generation of Iraqi's.
Travis
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