Appearing at The Jaundiced Eye, the Independent Bloggers' Alliance, and My Left Wing. As discussed here, Jim Webb's bill would have mandated "dwell time" to give our exhausted troops a break. It stood a good chance of passing until Senator Warner did a 180 and withdrew his support. In the end only 6 Senate Republicans showed that they give a damn about the well-being of our fighting men and women. Senate Republicans blocked a plan on Wednesday to give U.S. troops in Iraq more home leave, defeating a proposal widely seen as the Democrats' best near-term chance to change President George W. Bush's Iraq strategy. |
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Why Do the Republicans Hate the Troops... and Puppies?
Posted by Curmudgette at 7:40 PM
Labels: Chicken-Hawks, Chuck Hagel, iraq, Jim Webb, military, Troops
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