House Begins Debate On War

A Partisan Divide On Bush Troop Plan
By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, February 14, 2007; Page A01
The House plunged into a heated, partisan debate yesterday on President Bush's war policy, with Democrats challenging lawmakers to take a stand against the deployment of more troops to Iraq while Republicans accused their political foes of emboldening the enemy with their symbolic resolution.
We stand together to tell this administration that we are against the escalation, and to say with one voice that Congress will no longer be a blank check to the president's failed policies," said freshman Rep. Patrick J. Murphy (D-Pa.), who was a captain with the 82nd Airborne Division in Baghdad. "The president's plan to send more of our best and bravest to die refereeing a civil war in Iraq is wrong."
Republicans focused on loftier themes, warning darkly about ceding Iraq to Islamic radicals who are bent on destroying not only the Middle East but also the American way of life. "We are engaged in a global war now for our very way of life," said House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio). "And every drop of blood that's been spilled in defense of liberty and freedom from the American Revolution to this very moment is for nothing if we're unwilling to stand up and fight this threat."
Launched a Debate? It takes these people forever to get something done! Why not just tell it like it is and get them out of there? They are talking and talking just to hear themselves spesk - it is pretty simple - We the people want out, enough said! No more blank check for Bush? Yeah right! In My View of It, the ones who are threatening our way of life is the Bush Administration.

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