No Time for Compromise on Iraqi Withdrawal

[babylonsister]

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/05/03/944/

No Time for Compromise on Iraqi Withdrawal
Matthew Rothschild

The Democrats must stand strong against the current of compromise that is swirling around Washington concerning the funding of the Iraq War.After Bush’s veto, there has already been lots of talk on Capitol Hill about crafting an acceptable bill.

But no bill is acceptable that continues funding for this war and this occupation.

The American people want out, the U.S. soldiers want out, and the Iraqis are demanding that we leave. A majority of Iraqis think it’s acceptable to kill Americans there. We can’t win that way.

Yet the Democrats are seriously contemplating a compromise on an already compromised bill. Now, rather than insist on a deadline for withdrawal that was fudge-able in the first place, they appear to be ready to settle for no deadline at all, just some unenforceable benchmarks for the Maliki government.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer expects a new bill to pass in the House in two weeks and to become law by Memorial Day. “We’re not going to leave our troops in harm’s way . . . without the resources they need,” he said.

But resources for what?

For continuing the occupation?

Or for getting the hell out of there?

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[Tom Joad]

1. Right, the bill they gave Bush was comprimised too much.

No more spending bills until Bush starts withdrawing troops.

Might want to check out my rant (and a quote from Fredrick Douglass) here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=810146&mesg_id=810146