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2007-01-28 Home Front: Politix

Bush defiant in face of anti-war demonstrations

As thousands of demonstrators protested against the Iraq war outside the Capitol yesterday, top Congressional Republicans have warned President George Bush that his controversial troop increase has a few months at the very most to show results.

The threat that his own party will turn against him is the clearest sign yet of the intensifying pressure on Mr Bush after the cool reaction to his State of the Union plea to lawmakers to "give a chance" to his plan to send 21,500 more troops to Baghdad and al-Anbar province, seat of the Sunni insurgency.

But the public overwhelmingly opposes the plan, by a majority of two to one, while the Iraq débâcle has driven down Mr Bush's approval rating to barely 30 per cent, a level rarely reached since Richard Nixon at the height of Watergate.

The "bring the troops home" rally, held in brilliant sunshine on the Washington Mall, was intended to highlight not only the 3,100 US troops who have died, but also the countless thousands of Iraqi civilian dead.

On the lawn where protesters gathered, stood a giant transparent bin filled with shoes, each tagged with the name of an Iraqi and details of how he or she died. Mr Bush's troop surge plan was "nonsense," said Scott Smith, a demonstrator with a son serving in Iraq; it was up to Congress to block it.

Among scheduled speakers yesterday was Jane Fonda, who led public protest against the Vietnam war four decades ago, and Hollywood stars Danny Glover and Susan Sarandon, and civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. The only 2008 presidential candidate present was Ohio's Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who campaigned on an anti- war platform in 2004.

Posted by Fred 2007-01-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yea, W, if you don't produce in two months, they'll put smiling Jane Fonda in an explosive laden vehicle.

Posted by Captain America 2007-01-28 00:20|| 2007-01-28 00:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Kicking the Mahdi Army out of south Tigris neighborhoods is not going to be a hard task, given Sunni field intelligence. Call it ethnic cleansing, but secure zones for Shiites cannot be created in the current context.

I oppose the accomodation with the north Tigris Shiites. The President's choice to blame the current conflict on Sunni bombing of a Shiite mosque at this time last year, doesn't appear to be wise. However, if the choice has been made to eliminate Shiite power in Iran, then it all makes sense.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2007-01-28 00:32|| 2007-01-28 00:32|| Front Page Top

#3 "Piss off, ya yahoos!"

Posted by Angerens Clerens2227 2007-01-28 02:33|| 2007-01-28 02:33|| Front Page Top

#4 Abortionists defiant in face of Pro-life demonstrations.

You think they'd written that line last week when even bigger demonstrations were held? Nope. So, I'm thinking 'what the heck' about a free press if the result of a cabal of media owners is no different than a state operated media. Concepts like that don't even enter the MSM thinking. Anymore than say, feminist who in act are betraying their sisters in the Muslim world.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-01-28 09:17|| 2007-01-28 09:17|| Front Page Top

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