Joe Biden, Carl Levin and Chuck Hagel are now working on their non-binding resolution to oppose the troop escalation.
President George W. Bush on Wednesday tried to shore up support among fellow Republicans for increasing U.S. troops in Iraq but a bipartisan group of senators drew up a resolution opposing his plan.
According to a Senate aide who spoke on condition of anonymity the Senate resolution is expected to say:
“Whereas the U.S. strategy and presence on the ground in Iraq can only be sustained with the support of the American people and bipartisan support from Congress … it is not in the national interest of the United States to deepen its military involvement in Iraq, particularly by escalating U.S. troop presence in Iraq.”
The proposal was expected to be unveiled later in the day by the three senators who drafted it — Democratic Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Joseph Biden of Delaware and Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin of Michigan along with Republican Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a long-time war critic.
According to CNN, the House minority leader, John Boehner, is working on legislation that basically says “if you oppose the troop escalation, you do not support our troops”. This shows the serious disconnect Boehner has from the public. Here in his own district, a majority of people oppose this escalation. In the nation 70% oppose the escalation. Even more and more of the military are coming out in opposition to it.
So is Boehner saying that I don’t support the troops, or that you don’t support the troops? Is he saying these soldiers don’t support themselves? This is a massive insult to everyone. If this bill even gets introduced (it has no chance of passing), Mr. Boehner really needs to tell us how we don’t support the troops. I personally will be writing in the local papers about this, and urging citizens to call and our representative, John Boehner, why he feels we don’t support our troops. If he has a right to insult me, the people in my town, the people in my country, and our soldiers in the military, then I have a right to ask him to explain his actions, and that is exactly what I plan on.