[thenightwriterblog] The Minfidel: Time for Reid to cut and run?

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Posted by The Minfidel:
Time for Reid to cut and run?
http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1179415699.shtml


     [1]Senate halts Iraq pullout, cash cutoff
     By S.A. Miller
     THE WASHINGTON TIMES
     May 17, 2007
     The Senate yesterday overwhelmingly rejected a bid to pull out
     troops from Iraq and cut off funds for combat, a bruising defeat
     for Majority Leader Harry Reid that highlights the Democratic split
     over how far to go in opposing the war.
     The amendment, which was co-sponsored by Mr. Reid, Nevada Democrat,
     died in a 67-29 procedural vote, with 47 Republicans, 19 Democrats
     and one independent blocking the plan to start a troop withdrawal
     in 120 days and cut off funds March 31 to most military operations
     in Iraq.
     "We don't want to send the message to the troops" that they lost
     the backing of Congress, said Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, chairman
     of the Armed Services Committee and one of several key Democrats to
     defect. "We're going to support those troops."

   Only twenty-nine votes to cut-off funding and withdraw from Iraq? And
   didn't the latest polls show the approval rating of the
   Democratic-controlled Congress at 29% - even lower than the approval
   rating for George Bush?
   Senator Reid, it is time to admit that the rebels have won, whether
   they be insurgents, resurgents or those just plain looking for
   detergents to protect their election chances. Oh, I know you were led
   to believe that the Congress would welcome you with hearts and flowers
   when you you thought you had accomplished your mission after the 2006
   elections, but you have squandered your technical, numerical and moral
   superiority. In fact, sir, it has become a quagmire of your own
   devising. It is time for you to support our troops by withdrawing from
   your failed policies.

References

   1. http://insider.washingtontimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20070517-120844-4427r