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Hey folks,

Why is this even remotely a surprise? According to the AP-Democrats reject general's Iraq plan By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer

A day before President Bush's war address, Senate Democrats rejected a four-star general's recommendation to keep some 130,000 troops in Iraq through next summer and sought legislation that would limit the mission of U.S. forces.

Their proposal was not expected to set a deadline to end the war, as many Democrats want, but restrict troops to narrow objectives: training Iraq's military and police, protecting U.S. assets and fighting terrorists, Democratic party officials told The Associated Press.

The goal is to attract enough Republicans to break the 60-vote threshold in the Senate needed to end a filibuster. Democrats have proved unable to do that since they took control of Congress eight months ago.

They will not be able to do it. Bush will veto any attempt to micro manage the war. They are STILL attempting to strip the President from his Commander and Chief role. They will not be able to do it. This doesn’t stop them from being who and what they are.

"I call on the Senate Republicans to not walk lockstep as they have with the president for years in this war," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said at a news conference. "It's time to change. It's the president's war. At this point it also appears clear it's also the Senate Republicans' war."

No it isn’t. It’s America’s war. Traitor Reid is lying to you. As usual. In the face of all the good news. Even Clinton coming back from Iraq saying there is progress. There is progress in the political front now as well, they are getting DESPERATE to end this war with a loss for America. Desperate.

Democrats struggled to regain momentum in the war debate after two days of testimony by Gen. David Petraeus, the top commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker.

Petraeus said the 30,000 troop buildup begun this year had yielded some gains and needed more time. He recommended slowly reversing the buildup, drawing down about 5,500 soldiers and Marines by year's end and aiming for a force of 130,000 next summer.

Reid and other Democrats said that proposal does not go far enough.

They got smacked down by Petreaus. They looked like the fools they are. The American people heard the truth. Now they are panicked and trying to find a quick end.

"It creates and provides an illusion of change in an effort to take the wind out of the sails of those of us who want to truly change course in Iraq," said Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Armed Services Committee.

It was the truth Moron.

In a bold challenge to Petraeus' assessment, Reid said the "situation on the ground in Iraq has not changed at all." He later acknowledged gains in Anbar province, "but it's like the big balloon that you push on one side and it comes out someplace else."

Sorry Traitor Reid. I would rather listen to someone THERE. Actually fighting the war. Not someone sitting a desk in Washington, taking orders from Moveon.org. So would more and more Americans, the more they actually hear the truth. Even Liberal polls are finding this out.

They tried to down play this, but according to Reuters.

Just 30 percent of Americans approve of Bush's handling of Iraq, but that was an 8-point jump from July, said the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal poll.

The boost came primarily from Republicans, men and independents, NBC reported.

They NEED the Independents if they hope to win in 08. They are really scared now with this 8 percent increase in approval. Make no mistake about it. Then with the President’s expected announcement of 30 thousand troops coming home? Watch the number go up.

Now the LWL {Left Wing Loonys} are saying that’s not enough. {Sigh} The truth is really simple. As I have been telling you since the LWL took over the Democrat party. Dems are Dems, and they are nuts.
Peter

Sources”
AP-Democrats reject general's Iraq plan
Reuters -Bush rating on Iraq improves, new poll finds

So Predictable It’s Sad

Hey folks,

Happy Saturday to you. New OPNTalk “Behind the OPN Screen” coming up soon, sometime this weekend. But I had to comment on this, this morning You know, all this talk about the “Bush Report” coming out next week, complete with some in the MMD even saying the White House is writing it. They are scared to death. Idiots. The White House is not. It is NOT Bush’s report. It is being written by the top General in Iraq. It could be funny to watch if this report is not as rosy as the think.

Can you imagine if the report shows that things are not as good as all the news coming out? What are they going to say? Bush reports BAD news? No. They will simply change their story again. They will say “See, even the top General in Iraq is saying things are not going as well as the President indicated. He needs to listen to his Generals. He needs to stop lying about Iraq.” But then I, and many like me, will remind you that, according to them in the last couple of days, it was BUSH that wrote the report. Right? Anyway.

Get this from Reuters No more Iraq funds without limits: key Democrat By Susan Cornwell Fri Sep 7, 3:41 PM ET

The No. 2 Democrat in the U.S. Senate said on Friday he could no longer vote for funding the war in Iraq unless restrictions were attached that would begin winding down American involvement there.

Who cares?

"This Congress can't give President (George W.) Bush another blank check for Iraq," said Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin, who has always opposed the war but until now voted to fund it.

Blah, blah, blah.

"I can't support an open-ended appropriation which allows this president to continue this failed policy," he said in a speech at the left-leaning Center for National Policy.

It’s not a failed policy. It is WORKING. That is what scares the hell out of the LWL. They cannot and will not survive a victory in Iraq. A victory in Iraq, IS their defeat.

Durbin, from Illinois, said he and Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin were working on limits that could be attached to the next war funding bill, such as limiting troops to conducting counterterrorism operations and training Iraqi security forces.

"I believe Congress should strictly tie future funding for the war in Iraq to a new role for our troops there," he said.

They STILL want to micro manage this war. He wants to cut those conducting counter-terrorism. That’s BRILLIANT in a time of war. Just Brilliant.

Congress this fall takes up legislation on Pentagon policy and spending, in addition to a separate war funding bill.

The White House is expected to ask for some $200 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year that starts on October 1. Durbin said he thought the Senate would take up the war funding bill by early October.

Since September 2001, Congress has provided $602 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, with about 70 percent of that going to Iraq. The most recent funding bill, approved by Congress in May, took months to pass. Bush vetoed the first version after Democrats attached a withdrawal timeline.

Although he was one of 23 senators who voted against the use of force in Iraq in 2002, Durbin said he was increasingly troubled by his votes to pay for military operations there.

"Now I just realized I can't do this. It's perpetuating a policy that is taking more American lives. We have to wind this war down," Durbin said, adding he would not use his leadership post to demand other Democrats follow his lead.

We will "wind it down" when the President says so. It doesn’t matter folks. He doesn’t matter. If they try to add a bunch of junk to the next spending bill, the President will veto that one too. They have to decide if they want to outright OWN defeat, which they already do, they need to make that hard decision, and just cut all funding. They will NOT do this, because they cannot have THEM responsible for losing. They want to blame Bush.

This will go back and forth, and in the end, they will pass more spending. You know, after all the show. {Sigh} They are so predictable it’s sad. They have made themselves nothing more than a joke. Pawns used by the LWL. They really think they matter.

Truth is, they are SCARED to death of this report next week. They, with the help of the Liberal Mainstream media, have already denounced the report. So they cannot now take it seriously, no matter WHAT it says. That is scaring them.
Peter