Bush Iraq Plan Hits Snag In Senate

Associated Press ^ | 8 October 2002 | Jim Abrams

[Nogbad]

Pre-emption.

[Always Right]

You know if we just let Hitler take Poland, he may not try to take over the rest of Europe.......

[caisson71]

This looks like the same confused and inept CIA prior 9/11.
Apparently, the career spooks are spooked by their main source of information - the lamestream media.

[Mixer]

In Baghdad, the government of Iraq on Tuesday described Bush's speech as an attempt to justify an attack.

For anyone who ever wondered what Baghdad and the Dems have in common.

[Always Right]

That could delay the vote well into next week, suggested Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-W.Va.

There you go, delay it even closer to the election. Great idea. Keep debating this issue all the way up to the election.

[Zebra]

Byrd is a scumbag of the highest order. I'll bet next month's pay that he is using his parlimentarian tricks to exact pork in exchange for relaxing his hold on the process. The only thing creepier than this extortionist are the people who keep sending him back to Washington rather than flushing the toilet.

[steveegg]

Surprise, surprise, surprise. El Diablo D'Asshole Hussein is using Robert Byrd Brain to do his dirty work.

[dd5339]

"Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-W.Va."

I just love how AP edits their articles.

Semper Fi

[phasma proeliator]

I'm just glad to see Dashole moved to West Virginia.

"suggested Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-W.Va."

[Scott from the Left Coast]

This would qualify as, hopefully, the final traitorous action of a senile old RAT.

[ottersnot]

There you go, delay it even closer to the election. Great idea. Keep debating this issue all the way up to the election

I have noooo problem with that. Then the debate will be over when we sweep the Rats out.

[Huck]

Appeasement. Bush should call it what it is. That's what Ronald Reagan would do.

[Huck]

Byrd, widely respected for his deep knowledge of the Senate rules

Byrd, widely respected for everything EXCEPT substantive ideas.

[Puddleglum]

Tenet is an idiot for making this provacation comment. He's foolish to imply that leaving Iraq undisturbed is going to reduce the likelihood of cataclysm. The question can only be, do we confront Iraq now, or wait til Saddam's older, crazier, and has an exponentially greater ability to do damage.

Bush ought to fire him for making such a short-sighted comment.

[steveegg]

Byrd, widely respected for everything EXCEPT substantive ideas.

Slight correction for audiences other than that at DU:

Byrd, widely respected scorned for everything EXCEPT especially his lack of substantive ideas.

Okay, so I had to do serious surgery; sue me <VBG>

[clintonh8r]

Tenet should have been fired long ago.

[steveegg]

Saddam Hussein's apparent policy of not resorting to terrorist attacks against the United States could change if he concludes a U.S.-led attack against him was inevitable, CIA Director George Tenet said as President's Bush bid for congressional support to use force hit a snag in the Senate.

What a line of Barbara Streisand.

[rightwing2]

Tenet, in a letter read before a joint hearing of the House and Senate intelligence committees Tuesday, said that "Baghdad for now appears to be drawing a line short of conducting terrorist attacks with conventional or chemical or biological weapons." But Tenet went on to say that should Saddam conclude that a U.S.-led attack against his country could not be deterred, "he probably would become much less constrained in adopting terrorist action."

Well at least the CIA is telling the truth. Saddam has never attempted terrorist or WMD attacks against the US, but he very well might attempt them if the Bush Administation tries to kill him by way of an all-out US invasion. Such an unprovoked invasion would risk the lives of thousands of soldiers who might fall under CBR attacks from a Saddam with nowhere to go and nothing whatsoever to lose.

But while it appeared to be clear sailing for the measure in the GOP-led House, Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., served notice on other Democrats at a party luncheon that he intended to use parliamentary tactics to delay a final vote, according to those who attended the session. That could delay the vote well into next week, suggested Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-W.Va. Byrd, widely respected for his deep knowledge of the Senate rules, has emerged as the primary Senate opponent to the president's war resolution.

This is just sad! Patriotic conservatives now have to rely on the Democrap President pro-tem of the US Senate to stop the President's few bad policy endeavors such as amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants and now an unprovoked invasion of Iraq threatening to derail the President's admirable just war on Islamicist terror.

[TonyInOhio]

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., served notice on other Democrats at a party luncheon that he intended to use parliamentary tactics to delay a final vote

Please contact Senator Byrd, and urge him to stop this reckless plunge into war. His office number is (202) 224-3904. Call until November 4th, until he croaks from the filibuster, or until Republicans lead in the New Jersey, Minnesota, Missouri, and Georgia Senate races, whichever comes first. :-)

Tony