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Friday, January 05, 2007
It's a Start
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have sent a letter to President Bush saying "surging forces" in Iraq is a failed strategy and calling for phased redeployment instead. -- Headline at CNN.com at 11:31 AM....
Reuters has this to say:
"Adding more combat troops will only endanger more Americans and stretch our military to the breaking point for no strategic gain," Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote in a letter to Bush as he prepares to outline a new Iraq strategy.
"Rather than deploy additional forces to Iraq, we believe the way forward is to begin the phased redeployment of our forces in the next four to six months, while shifting the principal mission of our forces there from combat to training, logistics, force protection and counter-terror," Reid and Pelosi wrote."
The new website for Speaker Pelosi (ain't it grand to say that) has the complete text of the letter.
Here's the latest CBS News poll that shows where Americans stand on Bush's folly and the new Dem Congress:
BUSH'S JOB APPROVAL RATING:
Approve: 30
Disapprove: 63
BUSH'S JOB HANDLING IRAQ :
Approve: 23
Disapprove: 72
FEELINGS ABOUT NEW CONGRESS:
Optimistic: 68
Pessimistic: 25
WANT NEW CONGRESS TO CONCENTRATE ON:
War in Iraq: 45
Economy/Jobs: 7
Health Care: 7
Immigration: 6
ON IRAQ, EXPECT DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS TO:
Increase U.S. troops: 12%
Keep same number of troops: 8
Decrease U.S. troops: 35
Remove all U.S. troops: 36
January 5, 2007 at 11:31 AM in Democratic Party, Iraq War | Permalink
Comments
Let's go with at least part of Dennis Kuchinich's plan. Use the remainder of funds already allocated to get the troops out.
Posted by: qofdisks | Jan 5, 2007 3:57:45 PM
Speaker Pelosi (ain't it grand to say that)
Amen! Amen! Amen!
And I like those poll numbers, too... if the main stream media were doing their job we would never have invaded Iraq. Thank goodness people are waking up.
Posted by: <> | Jan 5, 2007 5:16:43 PM
Supporters of the escalation are few and far between. Disloyal Bush lover Joe Lieberman is one of them. This is disgusting and McCain has lost all credibility:
Posted by: Red or Green | Jan 6, 2007 12:02:39 PM
Somewhere I read that only 12% of Americans are in favor of sending more troops. Yet the administration thinks they can ignore those poll numbers and go ahead with their plan. What does that say about Bush and Cheney and reality?
Posted by: KathyF | Jan 8, 2007 12:28:10 AM
