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April 03, 2007
President Pissypants Makes Demands
I suppose that if the Dems don't give him what he wants he'll hold his breath until his face turns blue.
I liked Reid's response, which is short and to the point.
Washington, DC—Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, released the following statement today after comments made by President Bush at the White House:The President today asked the American people to trust him as he continues to follow the same failed strategy that has drawn our troops further into an intractable civil war. The President's policies have failed and his escalation endangers our troops and hurts our national security. Neither our troops nor the American people can afford this strategy any longer.
Democrats will send President Bush a bill that gives our troops the resources they need and a strategy in Iraq worthy of their sacrifices. If the President vetoes this bill he will have delayed funding for troops and kept in place his strategy for failure.
Emphasis added.
You know, listening to Bush again so much of what he said simply made no sense. How will his veto of this bill cause troops to go overseas sooner and at the same time, keep troops home longer? And why in the world would families somehow mind if their soldiers were able to stay home longer anyway?
There's a disconnect in the man's brain, not least of which is that he seems to believe that the public still agrees with his approach to this war.
UPDATE: Ah, in reading the WashPost article further, I see the concern is disruption of troop rotation due to lack of funding for training. Of course, we're sending troops over with inadequate training now, so that seems like B.S. to me.
Posted by jnfr at April 3, 2007 12:12 PM