Iraq withdrawals "off the table": Republicans

[Meeker Morgan]

Iraq withdrawals "off the table": Republicans

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Republicans in Congress on Thursday declared that troop withdrawal legislation should be scrapped because the United States has made significant progress in the Iraq war, just as Democrats were resuming efforts to bring soldiers home.

"It should be off the table," House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio said of Democratic attempts to pass legislation to force President George W. Bush to withdraw some of the 168,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and wind down the combat mission there.

The Republican hardened stance followed months of speculation that September could usher in cooperation with Democrats on trying to craft a new Iraq policy. In recent months a small but growing number of Republicans have said it is time to develop a bipartisan strategy to bring troops home.

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[BOSSHOG]

1. I suggest General Boner pack his ruck sack and

take his Army of pro war manly young republicans and head for Iraq. Having skin in the game changes ones perspective bonehead.

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. If impeachment was on the table, so would Iraq withdrawal be.

I betcha.

[snappyturtle]

3. Yep...I agree. But we have to keep the powder dry! n/t

[AndyA]

4. I betcha yer right.

Putting impeachment on the table for the main course would change a lot of things.

[Meeker Morgan]

6. I also think that impeachment being off the table ...

... has a lot to do with this.

What's with our "leaders" anyway?

don't they like being the majority party?

[spanone]

5. now there's your fucking compromise harry reid

[pinfo]

7. w

of course