NBC: Some House GOP will press for 17 hours of Iraq war floor debate

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3626796/

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Also tomorrow, House Republicans who want US troops out of Iraq, including Reps. Walter Jones and Wayne Gilchrist, will hold a presser to call for 17 hours of floor debate on the war, NBC's Viq reports.

[DrGonzoLives]

1. Must have more propaganda to disseminate

I can't think of any other reason for Republicans to want to talk about Iraq for 17 hours (technically only 10 on their side).

[rodeodance]

2. but these Repugs say they want out of Irag.

....Also tomorrow, House Republicans who want US troops out of Iraq, including Reps. Walter Jones and Wayne Gilchrist, will hold a presser to call for 17 hours of floor debate on the war, NBC's Viq reports.

[endarkenment]

3. Good for them!

Three cheers for Jones and Gilchrist, who have the courage to stand up and speak out against the war. Bring them home now!

[npincus]

4. why "17"? Is that an arbitrary number?

How about one hour of debate for every American and Iraqi death?

[endarkenment]

5. It is better than zero. nt.

[npincus]

6. certainly, I didn't mean to sound like an ingrate.

I don't understand the time limit. Why 17?

[endarkenment]

8. I have no idea why 17.

And I didn't think you sounded like an ingrate so I apologize if I gave that impression. I'll settle for any damn debate at all.

[leftchick]

7. Rep. Jones coined the Freedom Fries term

he has made quite an about face on the war. I wish some more democrats would.

[w8liftinglady]

9. is he the guy from "The Nation" a few months ago?..I'll check

[w8liftinglady]

11. it is.He is pretty straightforward

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?pid=3535

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20050704/editors

[w8liftinglady]

12. he is aligned with Ron Paul,if that gives you a vantage point(Jones)

[leftchick]

14. Mother Jones did a cover story on him

In December I think.

Edit: Here it is...

UNTIL THE CONGRESSMAN from North Carolina spoke, the hearings were proceeding routinely. The Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives was convened on April 6 in a stately room in the Rayburn office building to consider the progress of the war in Iraq; much of the testimony was barely more animated than the paintings of deceased legislators adorning the walls. Richard Perle, a former Pentagon adviser and one of the war's principal architects, had taken the witness chair. He was serene and unflappable as he answered questions about the Pentagon budget, oil prices, and the training of Iraqi troops.

Then the chairman called on Rep. Walter B. Jones. Glaring at the witness, Jones quoted a statement from Perle's testimony suggesting that the administration had been misled in its assessment of Iraq by "double agents planted by the regime." The congressman's voice quavered as he demanded an apology to the country. "It is just amazing to me how we as a Congress were told we had to remove this man, but the reason we were given was not accurate."

"I went to a Marine's funeral that left a wife and three children, twins he never saw," Jones said, his voice cracking as his eyes began to water. "And I'll tell you—I apologize, Mr. Chairman, but I am just incensed at this statement." He continued, "When you make a decision as a member of Congress and you know that decision is going to lead to the death of American boys and girls, some of us take that pretty seriously, and it's very heavy on our hearts."

http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2006/01/the_three_conversions_of_walter_b_jones.html

[w8liftinglady]

15. that's it..I knew it was one of them...

[mattclearing]

10. Sounds like a headfake.

Are they promising to withdraw troops after the election yet? :eyes:

[gratuitous]

13. Well, this is nice and timely -- about 3½ years later

Say what you will about the GOP, but by golly they jump right on these pressing issues.

I'm not going to cheer this proposal because it comes too late for thousands of lives and billions of dollars already squandered, but if the GOP has any hope of retrieving its soul, this is the first itty-bitty baby step on the road to recovery.

Watch closely the traitors to American principles and ideals who try, from their vantage point in the majority party of the House, to stomp out this idea.