Posted on 01/07/2007 7:51:21 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Pelosi hints at denying Bush Iraq funds
12 minutes ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said newly empowered Democrats will not give President Bush a blank check to wage war in Iraq, hinting they could deny funding if he seeks additional troops.
"If the president chooses to escalate the war, in his budget request, we want to see a distinction between what is there to support the troops who are there now," she said in an interview broadcast Sunday.
"The American people and the Congress support those troops. We will not abandon them. But if the president wants to add to this mission, he is going to have to justify it and this is new for him because up until now the Republican Congress has given him a blank check with no oversight, no standards, no conditions," said Pelosi, D-Calif.
Her comments on CBS' "Face the Nation" came as Bush worked to finish his new war plan that could send as many as 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq and provide more money for jobs and reconstruction programs.
Bush is expected to announce his plan as early as Wednesday.
When asked about the possibility of cutting off funds, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer declined to say whether Democrats might do so, saying only that the current strategy clearly is "not working."
"I don't want to anticipate that," said Hoyer, D-Md., on "Fox News Sunday."
Some military officials, familiar with the discussions, say Bush at first could send 8,000 to 10,000 new troops to Baghdad, and possibly Anbar Province, and leave himself the option of adding more later if security does not improve.
"Based on the advice of current and former military leaders, we believe this tactic would be a serious mistake," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.,
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bring it on bela pelosi and see how fast your 'power' is gone.....
"The American people and the Congress support those troops. We will not abandon them.
WTH does she think will happen if you don't fund the troops....God Help our troops and the USA....
ok, it's official. Democrats really want us to lose. No more denying it by that annoying liberal next door. the democrats WANT to lose this war.
she is going to turn Iraq into a Vietnam issue, because there will be no $$$'s to fund, and our men will be sitting ducks.
And she's just a congressman from San Francisco.... I didn't vote for her to run our foreign and military policies!
LOL yeah sure Nancy. You won't even be able to get enough votes from your own party let alone the GOP.
And millions will be slaughtered.
It's not surprising in the least, that they would want to cut off funds to our hero's in Iraq, as it's in the RAT's DNA. They can't help themselves, they want to humble and humiliate the capitalist superpower that they so despise. Of course, they can't come out exactly and tell us truth about how they really feel about America, and especially those who put their lives on the line to defend the country they so hate.
This will reduce the options and pressure needed for the ME. Very bad. However, it might just be some thin air for their supporters.
If afraid the American people abandoned these troops on the last election day !!
"democrats WANT to lose this war."
I hope all those Republicans who "Stayed Home" to prove thier point on illegal immigration are pleased with themselves.
They won't even get the fence now, and illegal immigrants, voting in violation of US Law, have become a new Democrat Voting group...
Hold on to your wallet, the next 2 years are going to be a rough ride.....
If afraid the American people abandoned these troops on the last election day !!
Yes, I know....sigh!
it is as if they went in to voting booth and went DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
Don't talk about it ...Do It.
"WTH does she think will happen if you don't fund the troops"
We leave, millions get slaughtered while the US Media ignores the carnage, Republicans get blamed for the debacle by a complicent media, and Dems rebuild a 20 year majority in Congress, bringing the goal of World Socialism that much closer to reality while bankrupting our economy...
It's not like we haven't seen this before...
Remember the 70's???
Anyone surprised at this news raise your hands
It's all part of the lesson we are to learn
I lived through the 70's...I remember well!!!......she's not only playing with the lives of Iraqis but American troops as well, my son being one of them.
I don't think President Bush will let that happen....I think all the changing around the past two weeks are exactly to stand up to a power hungry bee-otch...
And I know the American people won't allow this to happen, after the troops that have given their lives for this war....no way will they let this happen....
Besides, we are powerful with the pen, more so than her with her gavel....she doesn't have the votes for this, not after we get thru with our Congress Critters and Senators....
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