Bush Vetoes Bill To Bring Troops Home from Iraq

[BurtWorm]

That's how HuffPo has the headline (something like it) for this story:


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20070501/us-iraq

Democrats Send Iraq Timeline to Bush



WASHINGTON — Democratic congressional leaders on Tuesday sent Iraq legislation setting timetables for U.S. troop withdrawals to President Bush and a certain veto.

On the fourth anniversary of the president's "Mission Accomplished" speech, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said that Bush "has put our troops in the middle of a civil war. A change of course is needed."

Bush, meeting in Florida with military commanders, said such an approach could turn Iraq into a "cauldron of chaos."

The White House said the president would veto the bill on his return to the White House and then go before television cameras at 6:10 p.m. EDT, just before the evening news shows, to make a statement.

"Success in Iraq is critical to the security of free people everywhere," Bush said at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., the headquarters of U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, including Iraq

[Tesla]

1. Suprise, Suprise!!

[whistle]

2. It is on C-Span radio right now

[Arkansas Granny]

3. It's also on C-Span3.

[lse7581011]

4. Not A Surprise-But....

what a freaking asshat!

[whistle]

5. Shrub's reasons for his veto are total bullshit

[lse7581011]

6. As Is Everything

he does!

[bluestateguy]

7. Oh well, that's that. I guess Congress has to move on to other business now.

Raising the minimum wage, drug negotiations for Medicare, cutting interest rates for student loans and implementing the 9/11 Commission report recommendations.

So now that Bush has vetoed a bill to fund his own war, and with Congress not having the votes to override him, we can move on to other things.

[liberal N proud]

8. George W. Bush does not support the US troops in Iraq

He sent them there but will not fund them!

[magellan]

9. Amy Goodman (DN!) described these as "non-binding timetables".

Is that true? Were the timetables in this legislation non-binding? If they were I don't know who I'm angrier with: the Dems for making them non-binding, or Bush** for having the living gall to veto fucking non-binding timetables.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Did I just hear him say that General Petraeus had asked for the

additional troops, as in troop surge? I thought the surge was announced before Petraeus took command. Does anyone know if he was involved in the increase in troop numbers.

[DuaneBidoux]

11. In case there was doubt it's now undeniable: Bush owns 100% of this war.

[Arkansas Granny]

12. Pelosi and Reid on C-Span 3 right now with comments about

signing Iraq spending bill.