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To: Road Walker who wrote (322092)	1/21/2007 10:36:12 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577021

THOSE who forget history may be doomed to repeat it, but who could imagine we’d already be in danger of replaying that rotten year 2003? Not if Kennedy can help it.....on Meet the Press today, he said that Congress will cut funding. Its getting serious. I hope Bush/Cheney are simply playing chicken to see how much they can get away with....if not, Iraq will not be the only country embroiled in a civil war. ____________________________________________________________ On Iraq, Ted K’s no false prophet By Wayne Woodlief Boston Herald Columnist Friday, January 19, 2007 - Updated: 07:06 AM EST That new bipartisan effort for a “sense of the Senate” resolution opposing the surge of 22,000 more U.S. troops into Iraq is strong on symbolism, another warning to President Bush that he is way off course. But the nonbinding resolution should be a start, not a substitute, to passage of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s bill to bar such an escalation without Congress’ approval. Kennedy - challenging Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales’ assertion to the contrary - said yesterday that Congress has clear constitutional authority to act. He said, “Our troops are being asked to take sides in a civil war in a country where militias operate with impunity, where sectarian violence is the norm and where ethnic cleansing is taking place neighborhood by neighborhood. I don’t believe any member of Congress would have authorized our involvement in a civil war.” Amen, senator! Read more.............. news.bostonherald.com