Lieberman and who else?

House OKs plan to withdraw US troops

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent 6 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Iraq has achieved only spotty military and political progress toward a democratic society, the Bush administration conceded Thursday in an unenthusiastic assessment that war critics quickly seized on as the House voted to withdraw U.S. troops by spring.

The measure passed 223-201 in the Democratic-controlled House despite a veto threat from President Bush, who has ruled out any change in war policy before September...

A few hours after Bush's remarks, Democratic leaders engineered passage of legislation requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops to begin within 120 days, and to be completed by April 1, 2008. The measure envisions a limited residual force to train Iraqis, protect U.S. assets and fight al-Qaida and other terrorists.

The vote generally followed party lines: 219 Democrats and four Republicans in favor, and 191 Republicans and 10 Democrats opposed.

Ten Democrats opposed? I'm sure one was Joe, but who else?

Quick ramble on:

Not sure if anyone has noticed, the the one key benchmark that the Administration has set has yet to be passed. That's the oil legislation. The other 17 don't much matter. Until that happens, I don't think our troops are coming home. And if it does pass, I think the generals on the ground will soon after say that we can start drawing down our troops. But I don't think it will, at least not by parliament. Perhaps by some sort of executive order.

You know how it always takes 20 years or so for "the truth" to come out about things? I think that's because the majority Americans can't admit mistakes or imagine they are capable of being misled, or that a few elite haves could lead us so horribly astray. 20 years from now, it will be OK for people to admit and accept (but also ignore)- because by then it will be history and they can say, "that was then, we're not that way now." And in 20 years, they will be unable to accept the horrible things we are doing then either - Despite LIVING THROUGH THE HORRIBLE THINGS WE ARE DOING RIGHT NOW!!!

We are committing atrocities and war crimes as you read this. We should bring our troops home now and donate next month's $10 billion dollars to humanitarian aid for the poor Iraqis still stuck in the country. And we should lobby Congress to levy a special tax on the oil companies and multinationals who are ultimately responsible for this whole mess to pay for this misadventure.