According to an article published in The Washington Post, the plan will call for withdrawal of combat brigades by 2008 and will limit the military’s role to training Iraqi troops, counter-terrorism, and border security. It will repeal the 2002 authorization for war with Iraq.
“I’ve had enough of ‘nonbinding,’ ” said Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), who is helping to draft the new Democratic proposal. The 2002 war resolution, he said, is an obvious target.
“The authorization that we gave the president back in 2002 is completely, completely outdated, inappropriate to what we’re engaged in today,” he said.
“We gave the president that power to destroy Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and, if necessary, to depose Saddam Hussein,” Biden said of the 2002 resolution in a speech last week before the Brookings Institution. “The WMD was not there. Saddam Hussein is no longer there. The 2002 authorization is no longer relevant to the situation in Iraq.”
Well, at least Congress is trying to do something to control the Dictator in Chief–but they need to do more.
America is pissed. The Democratic majority we voted in back in November was a mandate, not a request.
If the Democrats don’t get on the ball, they may find themselves back in the minority again come next election.
March 7, 2007 at 1:29 am
I just found your blog from a list on Technorati, which I rarely check. I’ve been reading it, and I like it a lot and have linked to you. Thank you for the link, about which I was previously unaware. dK
March 10, 2007 at 10:51 pm
Um… I agree with you, but do you really think people will vote for Republicans again because the Democrats didn’t come through on their promise?
Also, as much as I hate what goes on in Iraq, it’s Bush’s and the Republican’s domestic policy which sickens me the most. The Democrats have already begun working on that. Let’s hope it continues.