House Democrat Asks For Answers on Bush ‘Surge’: ‘When Does This End?’

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Following up Arlen Parsa’s BRAD BLOG article from yesterday detailing how the size of Bush’s troop surge continues to balloon — in both troop and budget size — above and beyond what American’s were told originally, today Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), the House Armed Service Committee chairman, sends a letter to DefSec Gates asking “Where does this end?” on the heels of yesterday’s news that yet another 17,000 troops will be added to the “surged” forces.

RAW STORY has the full letter…

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House Democrat Asks For Answers on Bush ‘Surge’: ‘When Does This End?’

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  1. 1)
    Dredd said on 4/10/2007 @ 3:01pm PT: [Permalink]

    Where does it end is a good question Brad.

    The outrage of the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, in ordering a democrat to be released from prison because there was no evidence of any crime, asks the question too.

    There was the question during the US Attorney firing proceedings “What were loyal bushies willing to do not to be fired?”

    Now we know:

    The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals was reportedly so troubled by the insufficiency of the evidence against Ms. Thompson that it made the unusual decision to issue an order reversing Ms. Thompson’s conviction and releasing her from custody immediately after oral arguments in her appeal.

    (bushie loyalist witch hunt).

  2. 3)
    Dredd said on 4/11/2007 @ 7:12am PT: [Permalink]

    I think the GOP is suicidal. They know that the “surge” is like taking political poison:

    “It’s a dying administration,” Mr. Steele said. “There’s a fatigue factor and there’s a rubbing-off when it’s not very smart to be closely associated with such low ratings.”

    (NY Times).

    So the regime is dying and yet they support the regime … hmmmm so do they want to die politically?

    The polls show that Americans are fed up with them and the “surge” only exacerbates their anger, and the voters are poised to put the GOP out of its misery.

  3. 5)
    Gonnuts said on 4/11/2007 @ 11:49am PT: [Permalink]

    The American people want us out of Iraq.

    The Iraqi people want us out of Iraq.

    Most of the world’s nations never wanted us in Iraq to begin with.

    So please explain to me why we’re sending in more troops and extending the stay of the ones there?

  4. 6)
    Dredd said on 4/12/2007 @ 4:39am PT: [Permalink]

    Gonnuts #5

    I think the answer is that they went nuts a long time ago, have become suicidal, and are crying out for help via a presidential temper tantrum (like other socially maladjusted individuals tend to do).

    It exposes a great weakness in our form of government. We do not have an effective way to deal with presidents when they go nuts, and thereafter the institutions they corrupt and then control will not resist.

    The oath to uphold the constitution has become an oath to uphold all the mad rantings of the prick in chief.

    It is quite dangerous to all life on earth.

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