Bush asks Congress to back troop levels.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

Will they cave...as usual?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070918/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_10;_ylt=Aqf.g2rCVVvK9rLp9L7XE1oE1vAI

WASHINGTON - President Bush, cheered on by Iraq war veterans and their families on the White House's South Lawn, urged lawmakers Tuesday to back his plan to withdraw some troops from Iraq but keep at least 130,000 through next summer or longer.

"I ask the United States Congress to support the troop levels and the strategies I have embraced," Bush said, to loud cheers and chants of "USA! USA!"

The president briefly addressed about 850 members of military support organizations who were invited to the White House for coffee, juice and pastries. With almost everyone wearing red shirts, people from several organizations gathered at picnic tables set up on the South Lawn in the morning sun.

Among the groups gathered at picnic tables set up on the South Lawn were Families United for Our Troops and Their Mission, Vets for Freedom, the American Legion, and Veterans of Foreign Wars organizations. Along with the president and his wife, Laura, other top administration officials also attended the event, including Vice President Dick Cheney and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

[porphyrian]

1. HAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...! - n/t

[AuntPatsy]

2. And the propaganda continues unabated.

[tridim]

3. Casting asparagus. nt

[gateley]

4. Who paid for that cozy continental breakfast for 850? nt