[antimedia] antimedia: A group of US Senators are slapping each other....

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A group of US Senators are slapping each other....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1169068776.shtml


   ....on the back now that they've agreed on the wording for [1]a
   non-binding resolution expressing their disagreement with the
   President over the war.

     Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin (news, bio,
     voting record), D-Mich., a chief author of the Senate resolution,
     said it says "we do not support increased troops, deeper military
     involvement" and calls for shifting the mission of U.S. troops from
     combat to training, counterterrorism and protecting Iraq's
     territorial integrity.
     He said it also calls for "the greater engagement of other
     countries in the region in the stabilization and reconstruction of
     Iraq."
     The resolution does not call for a withdrawal of troops or threaten
     funding of military operations, as many Democrats have suggested.
     Instead, the legislation says the U.S. should transfer
     responsibility to the Iraqis "under an appropriately expedited
     timeline," though it is not specific.

   Congress has become a mini-UN -- all words and no action. They huff
   and the puff and they hope the house will fall down.
   Naturally, the AP has to quote the one Republican Senator (Hagel) who
   has agreed to sign it and the one Republican Senator (Snowe) who is
   considering signing it. Are there any Democrats who will not sign it?
   We're not told. Certainly Joe Lieberman won't, but they'll say he's
   not a Democrat.
   Our Senate is an impressive group of leaders, isn't it?

References

   1. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070117/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq