Republican lawmakers urge shift in U.S. Iraq plans

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Republican congressman called for a deadline to pull U.S. troops from Iraq, while some other members of President Bush's party urged on Sunday that his administration come to grips with a persistent insurgency and revamp Iraq policy.

<snip> "I voted for the resolution to commit the troops, and I feel that we've done about as much as we can do," said Jones, who had coined the phrase "freedom fries" to lash out at the French for opposing the Iraq invasion.

Other Republicans on Sunday talk shows joined Democrats in criticizing the administration for playing down the insurgency, while overestimating the ability of Iraq's fledgling forces to fight without U.S. soldiers in the lead and failing to plan for the post-invasion occupation.

"The insurgency is alive and well. We underestimated the viability of the insurgency," Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on CBS' Face the Nation. He said the administration has "been slow to adjust when it comes to troop strength and supporting our troops."

http://reuters.excite.com//article/20050612/2005-06-12T194114Z_01_N12652573_RTRIDST_0_POLITICS-IRAQ-USA-REPUBLICANS-DC.html

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Either they're telling the truth, or it's a lead in for Iran/Syria to be next. Farther down the page the insurgency is attributed to Iran and Syria, with the U.S. intel skirting the issues.

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1. "We've done about as much as we can do"

as in, *damage*?

[jaxx]

2. This just doesn't ring as truth to me.

But I'm pretty skeptical about the bushco's and the whole GOP. What has changed their minds now? Only thing I can think of is the election in 06.

[mike_c]

3. I think it's all falling apart....

Even the GOP faithful are beginning to see what a load of horseshit they bought from the neo-cons. Now they see their ticket to majority power being compromised by the insanely fascist bastards that they helped elevate. Delay and Frist will go down, too.