Republicans Vote To Continue Their Slow Bleed Of Our Troops In Iraq

[babylonsister]

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February 18, 2007 at 04:31:24

Republicans Vote To Continue Their Slow Bleed Of Our Troops In Iraq

by Ron Fullwood



All the argument is a whore and a cuckold, a good quarrel to draw emulous factions and bleed to death upon! --Shakespeare


It's become a 'cute' strategy for some republicans to accuse the Democrats of planning a "slow bleed" of our troops in Iraq because of their announced plans to direct the White House on the troops' training, equipping, and deployments in upcoming funding legislation as Bush vows to continue his bloody occupation. Over 3,133 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq since the start of the illegal occupation, with February already shaping up to be one of the bloodiest months for our troops as another Marine lost his life today in al-Anbar.


Nothing could be more offensive than sing-song attacks on the integrity of those who have advocated against Bush since the beginning of the invasion, but, even more offensive, the attacks which are coming from the republican leadership are on the integrity of battle-hardened veterans like Rep. John Murtha.

"I volunteered for a year's duty in Vietnam," Murtha told reporters in January. "I was out in the field almost every single day. We took heavy casualties in my regiment the year that I was there. In my fitness reports, I was rated No. 1. My record is clear."

Without any shame, republican Rep. John Boehner has repeatedly described Murtha's plan to attach conditions to the upcoming Iraq supplemental funding bill as a "slow bleed" of the soldiers in Iraq. However, Majority Leader John A. Boehner did not serve in the military and can only speak about issues related to our nation's military as a politician, not as a person who has any life experience which would lend his attacks on Murtha's commitment to the troops any credibility at all.

The man who stood beside Boehner as he taunted the distinguished veteran and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, was none other than G.O.P. Leader Roy Blunt who had also declined to serve when he had the opportunity.

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[rodeodance]

1. two more US troops Bleed and DIED on Saturday!!--in Bagdad

[babylonsister]

3. And 8 soldiers died in a helo crash today in Afghanistan;

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=102&topic_id=2736080&mesg_id=2736080

That's not even counting all the Iraqi dead. :(

[IndianaGreen]

2. Republicans are happy to sacrife our troops in order to save Bush's "legacy."

Bush doesn't want to see on TV the images of American helicopters evacuating people out of the Green Zone as Baghdad falls to the other side.