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Quote by: Irene I think it was great. The dems have been screaming for weeks to "withdrawl the troops", telling Bush to give them a timetable for withdrawl, we need to bring our troops home now, and blah, blah blah. So they got what they asked for. Republicans put up a resolution for immediate withdrawl of the troops and now the dems are crying foul. What I think is the dems are just ALL talk. They want Bush to fail, at the expense of our country. They just had an opportunity to vote to withdrawl the troops and all but 3 voted against it, WHY??? Can someone explain that? |
Because it was a ploy by the Republicans. A politician talking point to trick the Democrats to sign on to an IMMEDIATE withdrawal. You said it yourself, the Democrats want at least a TIMETABLE for withdrawal, a plan, anything! Bush's response is essentially "stay the course and shut up about a timetable."
Even a lot of people against this war don't advocate an IMMEDIATE pullout, and Murtha, the man the Republicans got so upset about didn't want an instant withdrawal and voted AGAINST this GOP scam.
And there was NO chance of this vote going with immediate pullout. Remember, the Republicans, the same people who submitted the bill are the majority party and no way was it going to pass. Ask yourself, why bother to submit it when you KNOW it would never pass? At the very LEAST, you should be upset at the waste of congressional time and resources to go through the motions when there are more important things to do than play games.
Do you still think it was great?