White House rejects lawmakers' call for Iraq pullout

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http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=1&u=/nm/20050616/ts_nm/iraq_bush_dc

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Critics of the Iraq war proposed a congressional resolution on Thursday calling for a U.S. troop withdrawal in a reflection of growing American unease, a proposal swiftly rejected by the White House and the
Pentagon.

The resolution, backed by North Carolina Republican Rep. Walter Jones (news, bio, voting record) and Hawaii Democratic Rep. Neil Abercrombie (news, bio, voting record), calls for the Bush administration to develop a plan by the end of this year to pull out all American troops from Iraq and to begin the withdrawal by Oct. 1, 2006.

Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said setting a withdrawal date would send the wrong message to Iraqi insurgents. "This message would say to the terrorists: 'All you have to do is wait until that day when our troops leave and then you can start carrying out those attacks and just hold out."' he said.

The resolution is not expected to get far in the Republican-led Congress, which, though critical of aspects of the war, has supported the president's efforts. Moreover, both Democrats and Republicans have warned that setting a withdrawal date would embolden the insurgents.

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1. My response to White House: Fuck YOU

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2. I wonder why this isn't called a "bipartisan" resolution?

Odd the things that get called bipartisan and the things that don't qualify for that adjective. But I'm sure it has nothing to do with media bias, or Rush would have told me it did.

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3. You better believe it! - until the flow of OIL is cntrolled and contained

Kida that are 16-17 now will eventually end up dying for operation freeedom, or WMD's or Saddam was a "bad guy" -- this is lunacy!!

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4. White House Rejects Call for Sanity and Reality

Bush spokesman Scott McClellan said setting a basic standard of reality would send the wrong message to American idiots . "This message would say to the American suckers: 'All you have to do is wait until that day when our lies stop and then you can start understanding the truth and just vote Democratic."' he said.

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5. More conflation-

...Scott McClellan said setting a withdrawal date would send the wrong message to Iraqi insurgents. "This message would say to the terrorists: 'All you have to do is wait until that day when our troops leave and then you can start carrying out those attacks and just hold out."' he said.