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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (10409)	5/24/2007 7:02:07 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

Hillary & Obama have proven to be political cowards in recent days. Joe Biden is the only Democrat candidate who reflects somewhat the average American citizen's attitude towards the War on Terror in Iraq: >>House Advances $120B Iraq War Bill, (AP)Anne Flaherty May 24, 2007, WASHINGTON, (AP) -- The House advanced a final $120 billion Iraq war spending bill Thursday that would keep military operations afloat through September. The bill was a major concession by Democrats who wanted to include a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawals, but relented because they didn't have enough votes to override another presidential veto. The House and Senate both planned to approve the measure by the end of the day. For his part, Bush agreed to accept some $17 billion in added spending so long as there were not restrictions on the military campaign. "I hate this agreement," said Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Obey said the deal was the best that Democrats could manage because "the White House is in a cloud somewhere in terms of understanding the realities in Iraq." The bill includes the nearly $100 billion that President Bush requested for military and diplomatic operations in Iraq and Afghanistan as well as billions in domestic spending, including $6.4 billion in hurricane relief and $3 billion in agricultural assistance. Republicans were unhappy about the added domestic spending, but said they were relieved the final measure did not attempt to set a timetable on the war. "We cannot and will not abandon the Iraqis to be butchered by these terrorists in their midst," said Rep. David Dreier, R-Calif. "And we cannot and will not abandon our mission just as real progress is starting to be made." The hefty spending bill has become a lightning rod for political attacks on Bush and has exposed a sharp divide among Democrats on how far Congress should go to end the war. Democratic presidential contenders on Capitol Hill are vying for the anti-war vote, but at the same time do not want to appear as though they are turning their backs on the military. "I believe as long as we have troops in the front line, we're going to have to protect them," said Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del. "We're going to have to fund them." Biden was alone among the potential Democratic candidates in immediately pledging his support for the bill. Two front-runners, Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Barack Obama of Illinois, declined to say how they intended to vote on the measure. Both have voted against binding timetables for troop withdrawals in the past, before public sentiment against the war hardened or they became presidential contenders. Last week, the two voted to advance legislation that would have cut off money for U.S. combat operations by March 31, 2008, cutoff.<<