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To: cnyndwllr who wrote (175454)	11/21/2005 6:16:36 AM
From: stockman_scott	of 281500

Straw Man Resolution in Congress: Joking Around with the Lives of the Troops By Juan Cole truthout.org <<...All Murtha is saying is that Casey's plan should be speeded up, and that dependence on a big infantry force on the ground should be replaced by quick reaction forces based nearby. The argument, in short, is not about the preconditions for withdrawal but about its exact shape and rate. Republicans in Congress responded to Murtha's considered plan by introducing a phony resolution the bore little resemblance to Murtha's, and then helping defeat it overwhelmingly. The intent was apparently to force the Democrats either to look as though they were in favor of "cutting and running" or to vote against immediately withdrawing US troops and so associating themselves with Bush's 'stay the course' policy. The Republican straw man resolution was: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately. Resolved, that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately. Well, this stupid resolution is not what Murtha was saying, and the vote on it is meaningless. It is worse than meaningless. It is political clowning. Indeed, given the GIs being blown up on a daily basis, the Republican phony resolution was the equivalent of trying to do a stand-up comedy routine at the funeral of someone's beloved son who had died at age 20. I don't think the American people will find it amusing. We'll see in 2006 whether they did...>>

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