Posted by
JBDavis on Thursday, March 08, 2007 3:59:54 PM
This is absurd. The whole story can be found
here.In a direct challenge to President Bush, House Democrats unveiled legislation Thursday requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the deadline would be added to legislation providing nearly $100 billion the Bush administration has requested for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
THe legislation requires Bush to demonstrate whether progress is being made in Iraq by July 1 of this year and again on Oct. 1.
If progress is not demonstrated at either deadline, the process to take troops out of Iraq would begin.
Pelosi said if progress is shown, combat troops would still begin withdrawing by March 1, 2008 and be out of the country by September. "There are dates certain here for the first time in the congress for the redeployment of our troops out of Iraq," Pelosi said.
There is no way of knowing when we will be ready to pull out. My suggestion is when we win the War on Terror. If we pull out too early we will be fighting again, soon. It is appalling to add this to a funding bill. Fund our troops. Give them what they need and let them work.
This is another fine reason for our President to have the ability to use a line item veto.