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| US Senate votes against US Iraq-withdrawal bill |
| 2007-07-19 |
| Senate Republicans on Wednesday scuttled a Democratic proposal ordering US troop withdrawals from Iraq in a showdown that capped an all-night debate on the war. The 52-47 vote fell short of the 60 votes needed to cut off debate under Senate rules. It was a sound defeat for Democrats who say the US military campaign, in its fifth year and requiring 158,000 troops, cannot tame the sectarian violence in Iraq. "We have to get us out of a middle of a civil war" said Sen. Joseph Biden, a Democrat, who chairs the Foreign Relations Committee. A political solution must be found "so when we leave Iraq, we don't just send our children home, we don't have to send our grandchildren back." As members cast their votes, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hurried between private meetings with lawmakers in their offices to make the administration's case for the war. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 Interestingly enough, CNN and other media outlets are touting that 4 republican senators have distanced themselves from the president and voted with the socialists movement. Now the numbers just dont add up, 52 votes minus the 4 republicans means that 48 Dimmocrates voted for it. Would that not meen that at least a couple of the dimmo's sided with the President -- Gee wiz golly the media never mentioned that. |
| Posted by: MSM Hater 2007-07-19 16:59 |
| #7 Yeah. The jihadis at least bathe and do ritual cleansings once in a while. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-07-19 12:40 |
| #6 Good catch, AT! I was about to ask, "How can you tell the difference, with maybe the exception of smell?" |
| Posted by: BA 2007-07-19 12:34 |
| #5 so that our grandchildren can fight the kooks in the streets of San Fransisco heh,heh. Did you mean Jihadists? :-) |
| Posted by: AT 2007-07-19 12:26 |
| #4 Openingly stolen from Lucianne.com |
| Posted by: Sherry 2007-07-19 10:39 |
| #3 Jebus, does this incessant crap in Washington never stop? The Democrats keep picking, picking, picking against Bush and the war. How about getting on board with the same effort to defeat the enemy? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-19 08:51 |
| #2 so that our grandchildren can fight the kooks in the streets of San Fransisco "Take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." |
| Posted by: Steve 2007-07-19 07:39 |
| #1 A better title would be: US Senate Fails to Vote For US Iraq-withdrawal Bill Boden wants us out of Iraq so that our grandchildren can fight the kooks in the streets of San Fransisco instead of in Baquba. He wants a shorter commute for our progeny. It will save on gas and reduce the carbon footprint of future generations as long as trees aren't sucesptable to RPG fire. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2007-07-19 01:11 |