skippy the bush kangaroo: who thinks we ought to bring the troops home by christmas?

Thursday, August 23, 2007

who thinks we ought to bring the troops home by christmas?

sen. john warner, a virginia republican, said thursday that a pullout was needed to spur iraqi leaders to action.

he has recommended bush announce the beginning of a u.s. withdrawal in mid-september, after a report is released from the top u.s. officials in iraq, and that those troops should be back in the united states by christmas.

"in my humble judgment, that would get everyone's attention -- the attention that is not being paid at this time," warner said.

he added: "i really, firmly believe the iraqi government, under the leadership of prime minister [nuri] al-maliki, let our troops down."

and a majority of iowa republicans for another:

here's an interesting number buried in a new poll of iowa voters by the gop firm strategic vision:

4. do you favor a withdrawal of all united states military from iraq within the next six months? (republicans only)

yes 51%

no 39%

undecided 10%

yep -- a majority of iowa republicans wants all the troops out of iraq in six months.

perhaps this partly explains why the most visible pro-war repubican -- john mccain -- is in fourth place in the state. the poll finds that mitt romney is leading the gop pack with 31%, with fred thompson in second (15%), rudy giuliani in third (13%) and mccain with a paltry eight percent.

and finally, if you're counting, a majority of americans.

Labels: gop, iraq war

posted by skippy at 6:55 PM |

1 Comments:

I was inclined to write a post about Warner's comments until I got to the end of the article I read (which was at Yahoo). He said the timetable for withdrawl should be set by Bush, not Congress. Well, that pretty much negates everything he said before that -- expecting Bush to set a timetable at this point is like expecting the chickenhawks among the warbloggers to enlist. I suppose it could happen, but I ain't holdin' my breath...

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