House Democrats to unveil Iraq war plan

WASHINGTON - In a direct challenge to President Bush' House Democrats are advancing legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by the fall of next year.
Democratic officials who described the measure said the timetable would be accelerated — to the end of 2007 — if the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki does not meet goals for providing Iraq's security.
The conditions, described as tentative until presented to the Democratic rank and file Thursday, would be added to legislation providing nearly $100 billion the Bush administration has requested for fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.

‘Conditions tentative until presented to the DEMOCRATIC rank and file! ??? Seems like bitter-PIL-osi doesn’t want this even worked out in a ‘bipartisan’ way, as she said she and fellow Dems would do, during last falls campaign. PEOPLE the Dems, once again lied to the American public, will you vote the same NEXT time around?-LNN

The officials who described the measure did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to speak until after it was presented to the Democratic caucus. They also stressed the provisions were tentative until then.
The reporter is repeating themselves.-LNN

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi office announced plans for a Thursday news conference to unveil the measure, providing no details. The announcement said she would be joined by Rep. John Murtha- D-Pa., and other key lawmakers. Murtha is chairman of the subcommittee with jurisdiction over the Pentagon' budget and is among the House's most outspoken opponents of the war.
Meanwhile, Gen. David Petraeus said insurgents in Iraq have sought to intensify attacks during a Baghdad security crackdown, which he predicted should not be at full strength until June.
Pelosi and the leadership have struggled in recent days to come up with an approach on the war that would satisfy liberals reluctant to vote for continued funding without driving away more moderate Democrats unwilling to be seen as tying the hands of military commanders.

WELL then vote against it, don’t tie their hands, let them go out and WIN this damn thing… OPPS Liberals don’t want us to win…my bad- LNN

The decision to impose conditions on the war risks a major confrontation with the Bush administration and its Republican allies in Congress.
But without a unified party, the Democratic leadership faced the possibility of a highly embarrassing defeat when the spending legislation reaches a vote, likely later this month.

Well it happened once in the Senate, shall you try again to embarrass yourselves. They keep trying to do this and they end up with egg on their faces, will they EVER learn.- LNN

The legislation also calls for the Pentagon to adhere to its existing standards for equipping and training U.S. troops sent overseas and for providing time at home between tours of combat.
Yet it also permits Bush to issue waivers of these standards. Democrats described the waiver provision as an attempt to embarrass the president into adhering to the standards. But they concede the overall effect will be to permit the administration to proceed with plans to deploy five additional combat brigades to the Baghdad area over the next few months.

LMAO! OVERALL EFFECT??? The over all effect is you’re under a lot of heat from the American public to get us out…WITH A WIN. Didn’t think of that during your march to congress, did you Dems.- LNN

Several moderate Democrats spoke out against it, though. And Republicans sharply attacked it as the abandonment of troops already in the war zone.

Divided they stand (for the cameras) divided they shall fall if their pressure tactics on the military in Iraq forms a much worse scenario in that part of the world.- LNN

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