GOP unity is strained by attacks

[kentuck]

Are Republicans mostly fair-weather patriots?
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http://www.thehill.com/news/102903/gopunity.aspx

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Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who recently compared aspects of the conflict to Vietnam, yesterday said U.S. forces need to be more proactive.

“To set up roadblocks after the bomb goes off is not the answer,” he said. “We’ve got to get into prevention.”

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Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he was concerned that U.S. forces were unable to anticipate many of the attacks in a situation he described as tantamount to a guerrilla war in which the enemy is able to strike and then quickly retreat into the population.

“I can tell you, I’m very worried about the lack of pertinent intelligence to fight that kind of a war,” he said. “It appears we have some real problems.”

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Asked whether he favored any policy changes in Iraq, Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) responded: “We need to have a different mix of troops, is the key. We may need to move some troops around.”

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“Politically, it is difficult,” said Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.), “because certainly for the American public … they read: ‘Americans killed every day,’ and it hurts. But I, at least at this point, am convinced that we’re doing the right thing, and we’re doing the best we can.

“What’s the alternative? It’s not to cut and run.”

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[NJCher]

1. Viet Nam isn't a fair comparison

Now Palestine. That's more like it.


Cher