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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (743651)	6/25/2006 11:25:22 AM
From: Srexley	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

"And, yes, there was also Democrat opposition to both..." Not trying to accuse you of misleading. But your point was that Repubs urged a pullout for political reasons. The way my brain works is that if dems and repubs were there was also Democrat opposition similarly against the action, then you can count political reasons out. They all thought it was bad to be there. You say the repubs "were nearly unanimous in their opposition" and "there was also Democrat opposition". For you to cast a political motive on the repubs there would have to be a significant difference between the parties positions. I am going to look into it further, because I am a curious guy. Your description clearly indicates that more repubs were for a pullout (nearly unanimous vs. demo opposition). Note also there could have been more repubs for it, but it was the correct position so it would not have been for political reasons they were against it. Here is what my 1st search turned up (note that it is not sourced, so it may be wrong): <After terrorists attacked U.S. troops in Mogadishu, Somalia 12 years ago, anti-Iraq war Democrat, Rep. John Murtha urged then-President Clinton to begin a complete pullout of U.S. troops from the region. Clinton took the advice and ordered the withdrawal - a decision that Osama bin Laden would later credit with emboldening his terrorist fighters and encouraging him to mount further attacks against the U.S. "Our welcome has been worn out," Rep Murtha told NBC's "Today" show in Sept. 1993, after the Mogadishu battle cost the lives of 18 U.S. Rangers.>