Cheney: Iraq war undercut by plans in Congress

[maddezmom]

Cheney: Iraq war undercut by plans in Congress
12 Mar 2007 20:24:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
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Background
Iraq in turmoil
More (Updates with Reid paragraphs 10-12)

By Tabassum Zakaria

WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. war effort in Iraq is being undercut by members of Congress calling for deadlines and funding restrictions that simply encourage the enemy to "wait us out," Vice President Dick Cheney said on Monday.

"When members of Congress pursue an anti-war strategy that's been called slow bleed, they're not supporting the troops, they're undermining them," Cheney said in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a pro-Israel lobbying group.

Democrats, whose opposition to the Iraq war helped them win control of Congress in the 2006 elections, say they support U.S. forces but want President George W. Bush to alter his war strategy to bring troops home.

"When members of Congress speak not of victory but of time limits, deadlines or other arbitrary measures, they're telling the enemy simply to watch the clock and wait us out," Cheney said, reiterating the administration's long-held view.

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This headline is a classic...Congress wants to keep not only our soldiers alive and at home, but our tax dollars at home as well. Talk about a slow bleed, Cheney you've done the "slow bleed" on the US and it's troops already.

[southerncrone]

1. Same ole' broken record mantra from blood-thirsty VP!

[rainy]

2. The illegal war is lost. We should have never gone in. Then, since we did

we should have never stayed. We only stayed to secure the oil for oil companies, reconstruction for halliburton et. al and set up permanent bases. I bet we created the chaos so we could stay, or, did nothing about it.

[Wickerman]

3. Wrong. Cheney under cut the soldiers by lying them into a war

Cutting funding would bring them home and restore some level of honor to the US. The longer we fight the more terrorists we grow. That, of course, is exactly what a Dubai HQ'd Haliburton wants... :grr:

[CrazyOrangeCat]

4. Kiss my ass, Darth.

Better yet, go fly around on AF2 for another couple weeks. It'll be good for your clot.

[rodeodance]

5. Cheney's comments are sure making the rounds!!

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. "watch the clock and wait us out"

Now or later, what's the difference??

[shain from kane]

7. "... of time limits, deadlines or other arbitrary measures" Sort of like last throes.