Nancy Pelosi gave a great speech today on the House floor, stating why Bush’s surge should be stopped. The Huffington Post has the transcript up. The vote is coming soon on this resolution and it will pass. It has been frustrating watching it. The Republican’s talking points have been such: If we leave Iraq today, tomorrow […]
One of Murtha’s original arguments for wanting us to phase the troops out of Iraq was due to a poll that showed many Iraqi’s favored attacks aimed at our troops. Today a new poll has been released reaffirming that argument: A new poll found that nearly half of Iraqis approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces, […]
So what is Bush’s definition of “democracy in the Middle East”? Would it involve listening to the leaders of the country we now occupy? Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — Iraqi leaders, meeting at a reconciliation conference in Cairo, urged an end to violence in the country and demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of coalition troops […]
Why the sudden uproar over Rep. Murtha’s plan? Most likely it is because he stole the thunder from the GOP. CNN is reporting that General Casey has issued a plan to the Pentagon outlining a phaesed withdrawal starting first of the year. The top U.S. commander in Iraq has submitted a plan to the Pentagon […]
The Republicans are pulling a strictly political stunt tonight in order to try and insult the Democrats. At approximately 7:00 tonight, they will be holding a vote on a plan to pull troops out of Iraq. The full resolution, which can be viewed at Raw Story, is very simple compared to that offered by Rep. […]