The Democratic party controlled House of Representatives in the US today passed the Iraq pullout bill. Obviously Bush has threatened to veto this bill as soon as he gets it and now the house and the president are headed for a showdown. The house just like the rest of the country is totally polarized. The republicans and conservatives are still adamant about the war.
The civil war in Iraq is beyond the US armed forces and the troops are hopelessly caught in the middle. The US is now erecting a wall to divide the people of someone else's country. Read this story: Building a wall in Baghdad instead of policy in Iraq
This just indicates how Bush and his folks have no idea what they are doing in Iraq. The justifications for this war have changed year to year ever since it started and all of them have been artificially manufactured. Being an outside observer I hope this bill passes because this US occupation in Iraq right from day one has been nothing but stupidity commited to cover up for some totally different failure.
These were some of the pro-pullout comments in the debate in the house...
"Our troops are mired in a civil war with no clear enemy and no clear strategy for success," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.
"How many more terrorists will President Bush's foreign policy breed before he focuses a new strategy, a real strategy? This bill says enough is enough."
"He was wrong then. And he's wrong now. It's the will of one nation versus the stubbornness of one man."
Now the other side. I am just surprised people are saying these senseless things. Politicians are the same everywhere man. So power hungry that they'll join any two sentences with no logical connection just to defend their claim.
"[By pulling out] We will embolden our enemies and it's our kids and their kids who will pay a very, very steep price,"
Can't even comment on this. Makes no sense...
"We have a solemn obligation to the American people to finish the job we started."
The job was wrong to begin with and is still wrong to date. What obligation, do they even remember what it was originally after the Sept 11 attacks?
"Al-Qaida will view this as the day the House of Representatives threw in the towel,"
This is just some bravado...
U.S. House approves Iraq pullout date, despite likely veto
House OKs Iraq Pullout
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