US House to vote on proposal to leave Iraq by end 2009

[maddezmom]

Source: AFP

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Democratic-led House of Representatives will this week debate a new war spending bill that includes a provision to pull US combat troops out of Iraq by December 2009, lawmakers said Tuesday.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said that the budget for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan would be debated from Thursday.

Such a bill would require the administration of President George W. Bush to begin a pullout within 30 days after the bill becomes law, and would require that the Iraqis finance their country's reconstruction.

"President Bush insists on war without end in Iraq, but Democrats in Congress stand with Americans who want to bring our troops home responsibly, safely and soon, and with taxpayers who believe that the Iraqi government must begin to pay its fair share for the reconstruction of their country," Pelosi said in a statement.

If the bill is adopted by Congress, it is expected that Bush would veto the measure due to his longstanding opposition to fixed timetables for troops withdrawals.



Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080507/pl_afp/uscongressiraq_080507132518

[bdamomma]

1. Call your Reps and Senators today

and say no more funding for wars, the more of us the better.

this has got to stop.

[OneBlueSky]

2. "the Iraqi government must begin to pay its fair share for the reconstruction of their country," . .

all well and good, except . . .

1. WHAT Iraqi government? . . . and . . .

2. "its fair share" is what, considering all of the damage was done by us? . . .

[wmbrew0206]

3. Not according to this...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0508/10108.html

It looks like Pelosi doesn't want to give Republicans another chance to grandstand about Democrats not "Support the Troops".

[onehandle]

4. No problem. They'll just reclassify the definition of "combat troops."

For one thing, we'll have thousands of troops at "Fortress America" in Baghdad for decades.

And we have bases all over Iraq as well.

McCain is right about one thing. 100 years is likely.