Posted on 08/31/2007 7:17:12 AM PDT by Froufrou
Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.
Reid acknowledged that his previous firm demand for a spring withdrawal deadline had become an obstacle for a small but growing number of Republicans who have said they want to end the war but have been unwilling to set a timeline.
"I don't think we have to think that our way is the only way," Reid said of specific dates during an interview in his office here. "I'm not saying, 'Republicans, do what we want to do.' Just give me something that you think you would like to do, that accomplishes some or all of what I want to do."
Reid's unwavering stance this summer earned him critics who said he was playing politics by refusing to bargain with antiwar Republicans. In the interview, he said that his goal remains an immediate return of U.S. troops but that now is the time to work with the GOP.
He cited bringing up legislation after Labor Day that would require troops to have more home leave, forcing military leaders to reduce troop levels, a measure that has drawn some Republican support.
During the week of Sept. 10, Congress will hear a progress report on the war from the U.S. commander in Baghdad, Gen. David H. Petraeus, and the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Ryan C. Crocker. After those hearings and a formal report from President Bush, lawmakers will renew their debate on the war.
That debate screeched to a halt in late July after the most poisonous confrontation since Democrats took control of Congress eight months ago.
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The slime crawls out of the gutter again.....
So, Senator Slimeball, which anti-war Republicans would you be referring too, precisely...?
Well, phooey, right back on down it will go. You can’t fix stupid!
Saying the coming weeks will be "one of the last opportunities" to alter the course of the war, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said he is now willing to compromise with Republicans to find ways to limit troop deployments in Iraq.
The fact that the new troop levels are working towards a stable Iraq means that the leftist scum on BOTH sides of the isle can't let stand. The traitors with our own party are now joining forces stabbing our troops in the back. How sicking....we need to clean up out own house next time around.
Can this asshat just for once concentrate on victory for America, victory, for the people of Iraq, victory for a stable Iraq, victory for a sane world!?
The usual suspects. Hagel, Collins, Snow & Smith. Did I miss anyone?
Neo - that TIE! MY EYES!
Ah, yes, the pointed question: which GOP members does he speak of? McCain...and the other ‘14’ members.
Isn’t it strange that all we hear from the left is change the direction of a war we are winning?
I doubt he could concentrate on the lunch menu. You had it right: asshat!
Time to make a public list, a very, very public list.....
He is not only a traitor but he is dumb beyond belief. When those delusional traitors and their media are going to understand that they are not going to win against President Bush on the war issue?!
My only disagreement with you is that we aren’t winning, we already won. The war going on now is a civil war within Iraq. We won the war within the first 6 weeks. Read ‘Unholy Alliance’ by Charles Krauthammer.
Lugar..??
Ah, veritas [means truth, yes?] you are the voice of reason on a summer day!
Actually, I don’t see #43 giving anyone an inch of leeway on any issue. He is as resolute as I’ve ever seen.
By anti-war Republicans, I assume he means Ron Paul supporters.
I am an antiwar Republican, in the specific instance of the military actions in Iraq.
We need to redouble our efforts to secure our borders here at home and capture and/or kill Osama Bin Laden wherever he is hiding.
But the war in Iraq was a mistake and has turned into a failure.
PS: Yes, veritas = truth :)
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