thinkprogress.org — Reps. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and Peter Hoekstra (R-MI) write fellow Republicans: "The debate should not be about the surge or its details. ... If Democrats force us to debate the surge or the current situation in Iraq, we lose."
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aceg1357Feb 14, 2007
Well the Dems won't be having an open debate and won't allow the Republicans to debate their plan for Iraq. So all the cries of "trying to stifle debate" we heard 6 months ago can go on and continue. Oh that is right. Dems are in power now and it is OK to stifle debate if it is YOUR side. The ends justify the means.
odinfireFeb 14, 2007
Im sure it is VERY robust.
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2007
It's a good thing no one knows what you're talking about or you'd have ark7 jumping on you for being a conspiracy theorist.
Closed AccountFeb 14, 2007
DGaw:>Actually, bigdavediode, I think baron is actually saying that if we leave Vietnam, those responsible for the withdrawal will be responsible for the slaughter of millions in Cambodia, the executions, re-education camps, and effective enslavement inflicted upon the Vietnamese, Hey, a history rewriter! Nice to meet you. I read all about you guys in a documentary called 1984. In reality, North Vietnam again and again refused to support Pol Pot. However we had no such qualms about supporting repression by the then existing government, and bombing the crap out of Cambodia, thereby fomenting seeds of rebellion and revolt.>and for laying the seeds of 9/11 by helping convince Osama bin Laden that the US weak, and burdened by large numbers of short-sighted dupes who can be intimidated into fleeing from a fightDon't read what Osama has said much, do you? He wanted the troops out of Saudi Arabia, Bush took the troops out of Saudi Arabia. He wanted a military response to the Cole to gather his followers, and was disappointed, but was very happy that the second try was a charm.
pfhreakFeb 14, 2007
Well, if this is a letter to the Republicans in the House, maybe one of the Republican recipients leaked it? There's a few that have come out of their Kool-Aid comas.At the risk of sounding like another Digg drone, I wonder if Ron Paul leaked it? He seems to be the only Republican who's had the cajones to oppose the Iraq War from the beginning, so he seems like one of the few that'd have the cajones to give the Democrats a heads-up.
tkstockFeb 15, 2007
It would've been nice to read the actual WHOLE letter, instead of what was cherry-picked.
tkstockFeb 15, 2007
By the way, that quote was from the actual letter.
Closed AccountFeb 15, 2007
tkstock:>The American people do not understand the consequences of abandoning that effort Yes, we do. Terrorism will decrease.
Closed AccountFeb 15, 2007
Care to explain to me which radical religious theocracy wants world domination? The only radical religious theocracy I've heard with that agenda is America.
mrbuddyNov 18, 2009
The criminals are our Congress!!