Lame Duck Quacking: "The Decider" becomes "The Jabber" & "The Demander" (Bush vs. Congress)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Bush jabs Congress on Iraq

Tue Sep 18, 4:38 PM ET



US President George W. Bush address military support organizations on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Bush piled pressure on Congress and demanded support for his Iraq strategy Tuesday, as anti-war Democrats plotted a new assault on his powers to dictate troop levels.(AFP/Jim Watson)



US Vice President Dick Cheney(2ndL) applauds remarks by US President George W. Bush to members of military support organizations on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC. Bush piled pressure on Congress and demanded support for his Iraq strategy Tuesday, as anti-war Democrats plotted a new assault on his powers to dictate troop levels.(AFP/Jim Watson)

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President George W. Bush piled pressure on Congress and demanded support for his Iraq strategy Tuesday, as anti-war Democrats plotted a new assault on his powers to dictate troop levels.

Bush held a rally at the White House with support groups for veterans and the active military to highlight his plan to gradually reduce the US combat force in Iraq -- but keep around 130,000 troops there in the long term. "I ask the US Congress to support the troop levels and the strategies I have embraced," he said, thanking his audience for going to Capitol Hill to lobby members of Congress.

"Here's the message I hope you deliver: the commander in chief wants to succeed and the commander in chief takes seriously the recommendations of our military commanders."

But Democrats, who have repeatedly failed to muster large enough majorities in Congress to dictate war policy, pledged to fight on to bring troops home. "President Bush has pushed America's military to the limit," said leading Democratic Senator Dick Durbin. "By forcing current troop levels until he leaves office, the president fails to acknowledge that lengthy deployments in a war without a strategic plan is not only unrealistic but unfair to our soldiers and their families."

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[rodeodance]

1. its all about him no matter how you look at it.