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Date: March 13, 2007 12:57:32 PM PST
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Subject: Zionist Democrats Sabotaging Congressional Opposition to War
Who ultimately CONTROLS every debate on US foreign policy?
The American people, via representatives from either party?
An object lesson in American self-interest vs dual-loyalism:
DEMOCRATS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM THAT
THE IRAQ PLAN WILL PASS IN THE HOUSE
By David Espo And Matthew Lee
Mar 13, 2007 (AP)
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2947410
House Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California addresses the American Israel
Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, Tuesday, March
13, 2007 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
House Democratic leaders hunted for votes Tuesday for a war
spending bill that would demand troops leave Iraq before September
2008 and expressed optimism that they would garner the support
needed for passage.
The bill, a direct challenge to President Bush's war policies,
remained on schedule for an initial test vote Thursday in the House
Appropriations Committee and was expected to reach the floor next
week.
"We're going to be whipping and counting votes, and I think we're
going to get the votes," said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md.
But whether Democrats had the votes they needed remained unclear.
Some of the party's more liberal members said they were unsure
whether the bill distributed late last night went far enough to end
the war, while ["]moderate["] Democrats said they were concerned it
went too far and might hamstring the president.
In a bid to broaden the bill's appeal among members, Hoyer and
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., have stripped from the
legislation a requirement that Bush gain approval from Congress
before any move against Iran.
Leaders also omitted language wanted by several liberal members
that would have specifically prohibited funding of military
operations after fall 2008. While the liberals said this threat
would help enforce the deadline, Democratic leaders viewed the
politically charged language as unnecessary.
The measure provides nearly $100 billion to pay for two wars and
includes more money than Bush had requested for operations in
Afghanistan and what Democrats called training and equipment
shortages. Still, House Republicans said they wouldn't support it
and the White House threatened a veto.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said in a statement that
America was less safe today because of the war. The president "must
change course, and it's time for the Senate to demand he do it," he
added.
The Iran-related proposal stemmed from a desire to make sure Bush
did not launch an attack without going to Congress for approval,
but drew opposition from numerous members of the rank and file in a
series of closed-door sessions last week.
Rep. Shelley Berkley, D-Nev., said in an interview that there is
widespread fear in Israel about Iran, which is believed to be
seeking nuclear weapons and has expressed unremitting hostility
about the Jewish state. "It would take away perhaps the most
important negotiating tool that the U.S. has when it comes to
Iran," she said of the now-abandoned provision.
"I didn't think it was a very wise idea to take things off the
table if you're trying to get people to modify their behavior and
normalize it in a civilized way," said Rep. Gary Ackerman, D-N.Y.
Pelosi elicited boos Tuesday when she called the Iraq war a failure
in remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which
lobbies on behalf of Israel.
Several officials said there was widespread opposition to the
proposal at a closed-door meeting last week of conservative and
moderate Democrats, who said they feared tying the hands of the
administration when dealing with an unpredictable and potentially
hostile regime in Tehran.
Public opinion has swung the way of Democrats on the issue of the
war. More than six in 10 Americans think the conflict was a
mistake -- the largest number yet found in AP-Ipsos polling.
But Democrats have struggled to find a compromise that can satisfy
both liberals who oppose any funding for the military effort and
conservatives who do not want to unduly restrict the commander in
chief.
"This supplemental should be about supporting the troops and
providing what they need," Rep. Dan Boren, D-Okla., said Monday
upon returning from Iraq. Boren said he plans to oppose any
legislation setting a clear deadline for troops to leave.
In his speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee,
Cheney chided lawmakers who are pressing for tougher action on Iran
to oppose the president on the Iraq war.
"It is simply not consistent for anyone to demand aggressive action
against the menace posed by the Iranian regime while at the same
time acquiescing in a retreat from Iraq that would leave our worst
enemies dramatically emboldened and Israel's best friend, the
United States, dangerously weakened," Cheney said.
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AT HOME, PELOSI GETS THE CRAWFORD TREATMENT
By Jesse Mckinley
The New York Times
http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/at-home-pelosi-gets-the-
crawford/20070313093909990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001
SAN FRANCISCO (March 13) -- San Francisco, meet Crawford, Tex.
Using a tactic usually trained on the home turf of President Bush ,
a group of protesters from Code Pink, a women's antiwar group, have
camped in front of the home of Speaker Nancy Pelosi here, bringing
their message -- and mattresses -- to the doorstep of the nation’s
highest-ranking Democrat .
The protest, which began Sunday afternoon with dozens of
demonstrators, is just Code Pink's latest effort to engage Ms.
Pelosi, who the group feels has not gone far enough or fast enough
to get the troops home from Iraq .
"The point is to keep showing our dissatisfaction," said Toby
Blome, 51, a protest organizer who sported a frilly pink apron and
pink skirt. "It's hard to do on our own, but I know I speak for
millions of people."
By Monday afternoon, however, Ms. Blome was speaking for exactly
three people: herself and two other tired-looking protesters. One
of those was Leslie Angeline, 50, who said she had slept till about
4 a.m. outside Ms. Pelosi's three-story red-brick home. "It was
O.K.," Ms. Angeline said, "till the sprinkler system went off."
Ms. Pelosi, in her 11th term as a congresswoman from San Francisco,
mostly ignored her hometown protesters, brushing past them early
Monday morning on her way to the airport to return to Washington.
"Every time we say, 'Will you speak with us?' she says, 'Not at my
home,'" Ms. Blome said.
In a statement, Ms. Pelosi said she shared "the concerns of the
protesters about the disastrous war in Iraq" and had put the House
on the course of "a new direction for the American people."
The protest brought out more than a few curiosity seekers to the
upscale neighborhood of Pacific Heights, which features
multimillion-dollar Victorian homes and sweeping views of San
Francisco Bay.
Several people dropped by to offer support -- and water -- for the
Code Pinkers, while another brought a giant papier-mâché statue of
Gandhi.
Ms. Blome said she understood that the protest might be an invasion
of privacy but believed it was the only way to make herself heard.
Her group has also paid several visits to Ms. Pelosi's office here,
with similar results.
"It's uncomfortable for us to take this action in some ways," she
said, just steps from a thin mattress that served as her bed. "But
she won't give us her time, so here we are."
Copyright © 2007 The New York Times Company
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