what? can this be true? a Democrat in the Senate calling for immediate withdrawal ... now, in all fairness, the article is a bit brief and does not fully clarify Harkin's exact plan ... but there's no mistaking his statement that withdrawal should begin immediately to "extricate ourselves from that quagmire over there."
The difference between this statement, somewhat vague though it is, and all the other previous plans from the Democratic Senate is that there is no mention of conditions here ... no benchmarks, no maybe by the end of 2006 or 2007 IF "things go well", nothing ... just a plain acknowledgement that the best plan is to get the hell out ... NOW !!!
a mega-kudos to Harkin for leading the way if this is a correct interpretation of his statement ... maybe some of the others will jump on the bandwagon ... it's time for Democrats to demand sanity from this WH instead of continually voting to give bush more funding for war ...
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http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=4585200&nav=1LFXIowa Senator Tom Harkin has called for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq, saying it's the only solution after recent religious violence in that nation.
The Iowa Democrat says Iraq is now in a civil war. He says American withdrawal should begin immediately to--quote--"extricate ourselves from that quagmire over there."
Harkin's comments place him among the first members of Congress to publicly state that the war in Iraq has become a fight between Muslim factions. <skip>
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