Friday, August 19, 2005

Senators Feingold & Hagel:We Must Get Out of Iraq

Yahoo: Hagel (R-NB), a Vietnam vet, acknowledged the US military presence was becoming harder and harder to justify. He believes Iraq faces a serious danger of civil war that would threaten Middle East stability, and said there is little Washington can do to avert this. Hagel said: "We are seen as occupiers, we are targets. We have got to get out. I don't think we can sustain our current policy, nor do I think we should." USA Today: This June, Feingold (D-WS)introduced a resolution in Senate that called on the pres to clarify the mission in Iraq and lay out "a plan and timeframe for accomplishing that mission," but the senator did not call for a deadline for w/drawing troops. Now, however, Feingold has changed his mind and believes a deadline for the withdrawal of all US troops from Iraq by 12/31/06 is necessary: "I offered a resolution and tried to engage colleagues and asked the president to give us a vision," he said. "The president has simply refused to give us a mission or timeframe to bring the troops home." Combine the bring our troops home sentiment of these senators along w/the American anxiety over oil prices (which, are expected to rise to over $100 a barrel) and you have a recipe for serious trouble for Bush & Co. But as cartoonist Mark Fiore points out, Victory Is... not having to say you're sorry.
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