The Illusionists
It’s alleged that prominent Republican Senator Richard Lugar has broken ranks with the Bush regime over Iraq. He has called for an orderly withdrawal of our troops in the coming months. However, the 73 year-old senator added that he would not support any cut in war funding as long as troops are on the ground fighting insurgents.
As the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Lugar said Bush should embrace moderates from both sides in Congress to chart a new path forward. Lugar recommends forming: “a diplomatic forum to bring together all the neighboring countries, and we meet continuously and we talk about our interests in Iraq but also our interests with each other.... Then withdrawal of a majority of American troops in a calm, orderly way over the next few months so that we refurbish our ability to meet problems elsewhere in the world.... I think we are too much stretched and I would add to that our recruiting problems have become severe.”
On the floor of the Senate, Lugar argued that Bush’s “surge” has not translated into meaningful progress by Iraqi authorities. Unfortunately, Bush has the authority to keep up troop deployments at current high levels, although the constraints of national election campaigning next year are likely to bring pause even to Bush, if he were to have that idea. Lugar hopes that Bush doesn’t have any such idea, and that he’s thinking about the diplomacy of the other nations and about reaching out to everybody else in the neighborhood.
Democrats are preparing a new offensive over Iraq funding in Congress’s latest authorization bill. However, Bush is pleading for patience ahead of a report by his designated commanders in September on the impact of his surge of thousands more troops.
Lugar states: "I hope something will come of this -- now, not punting the ball down to September." Following talks with Bush’s national security advisor Stephen Hadley, Lugar hoped for a positive response from the White House to his proposal of troop withdrawals married to a shift in diplomacy.
According to an angry blogger, which I posted on July 8 th. entitled: “Interesting Perspectives”-- Senate Republicans “declared their support for Bush and the Pentagon last month, when they acted against what 70% of the people want.” Senate Republicans like Lugar “needs to do some cover-their-rear PR work to create the illusion they want change. All you are seeing in the Senate is lying politicians trying to fool you in to not believing that you just saw them vote more money for the war.”
As the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Lugar said Bush should embrace moderates from both sides in Congress to chart a new path forward. Lugar recommends forming: “a diplomatic forum to bring together all the neighboring countries, and we meet continuously and we talk about our interests in Iraq but also our interests with each other.... Then withdrawal of a majority of American troops in a calm, orderly way over the next few months so that we refurbish our ability to meet problems elsewhere in the world.... I think we are too much stretched and I would add to that our recruiting problems have become severe.”
On the floor of the Senate, Lugar argued that Bush’s “surge” has not translated into meaningful progress by Iraqi authorities. Unfortunately, Bush has the authority to keep up troop deployments at current high levels, although the constraints of national election campaigning next year are likely to bring pause even to Bush, if he were to have that idea. Lugar hopes that Bush doesn’t have any such idea, and that he’s thinking about the diplomacy of the other nations and about reaching out to everybody else in the neighborhood.
Democrats are preparing a new offensive over Iraq funding in Congress’s latest authorization bill. However, Bush is pleading for patience ahead of a report by his designated commanders in September on the impact of his surge of thousands more troops.
Lugar states: "I hope something will come of this -- now, not punting the ball down to September." Following talks with Bush’s national security advisor Stephen Hadley, Lugar hoped for a positive response from the White House to his proposal of troop withdrawals married to a shift in diplomacy.
According to an angry blogger, which I posted on July 8 th. entitled: “Interesting Perspectives”-- Senate Republicans “declared their support for Bush and the Pentagon last month, when they acted against what 70% of the people want.” Senate Republicans like Lugar “needs to do some cover-their-rear PR work to create the illusion they want change. All you are seeing in the Senate is lying politicians trying to fool you in to not believing that you just saw them vote more money for the war.”
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