Iraq Returns to the Stage in Congress

[babylonsister]

Iraq Returns to the Stage in Congress

By Carl Hulse


Congress returns from a week-long break today as senators anticipate the reappearance of an issue that has been relegated to the background so far in 2008 – the war in Iraq.

Senate Democrats plan two procedural votes early this week on war-related legislation, including a proposal by Senator Russell D. Feingold, Democrat of Wisconsin, to order the administration to begin moving troops out of Iraq and changing their mission to a more limited one. A second Feingold proposal would require the administration to deliver a report within 60 days on its worldwide terror strategy.

Democrats don’t expect either bill to get the necessary 60 votes to move forward. But that’s not necessarily the point. Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader and a cosponsor of both proposals, is scheduling the votes to repay Mr. Feingold for his cooperation on some earlier national security legislation.

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/iraq-returns-to-the-stage-in-congress/#more-4345

[Jeffersons Ghost]

1. K&R! any OP that leads to focussing on Iraq helps end the war...

Calling the New York Times a right-wing tool is nothing new at DU and perhaps considered an understatement by some readers. It's all about focus in a "War of Ideas." For fun, read articles written for that publication from bottom to top. This particular article, if carefully analyzed, shows a certain anti-Democrat spin that tends to focus on politics instead of ending a very unpopular war.

In propaganda, turn about is fair play.

Instead of re-writing the final paragraph and the whole article with an anti-Republican spin, I've simply offered the NYT last paragraph with a new headline:

Here's an example of reverse spin on the article offered in this OP:

Republicans Weak on Communism

Given the changing of the guard in Cuba, there is likely to be renewed discussion about lifting trade and travel restrictions with that country. "Great powers engage," Senator Chuck Hagel, Republican of Nebraska and a proponent of improving relations with Cuba, said on CNN’s “Late Edition” on Sunday. “Great powers are not afraid. Great powers trade.”

No criticism of the OPs writer is intended by this post. ANY article that brings the Occupation of Iraq to mind tends to help end an absurd exercise in death and destruction.