are disappointed that they have been unable to force President Bush to
change course in Iraq, but vowed to keep pushing with or without
Republican help.
GOP senators have successfully filibustered every Democratic-led push to
bring troops home from Iraq, using a procedural vote Wednesday to kill a
proposal that would have required the Pentagon to give troops returning
from Iraq stateside time equal to their time in the combat zone.
Though six Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the plan, the final
vote was four short of the 60 needed to break a filibuster.
"They want to protect the president more than they want to protect our
troops," said Reid, D-Nev.
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oh senator reid, please be careful for whom you speak! i have seen so many of these representatives in congress speaking on behalf of actual troops on the ground, not on behalf of president bush when supporting the war on terror and the future of america and the security of our homeland and those worldwide. when you spew your demeaning remarks about a war being lost long before the battles have all been fought, YOU are endangering the lives of our troops by serving to set hoards of anti-war protestors against our military, not to mention, the terrorists themselves, who gain speed by this type of emboldened talk against the USA.
i personally do not feel that this war is lost and that freedom is something that should always be defended. al-queda is a worldwide faction and the democrats would never be happy with any battleground on which we fight them. i can only guess that reid sides with al-queda if he does not see the threat they pose to us and wish to stop that threat. it is being thread through terrorist leaders in places that reid chooses to ignore. gee, i wonder what reid feels about iran? i don't suppose he feels that they are a threat either! just like there was no al-queda in germany a few weeks ago huh?
thanks for letting me vent.
karen
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