BBC: US 'needs help in Iraq' (Funny, I didn't see this in US media)

[BurtWorm]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3058469.stm

The Bush administration is coming under growing domestic pressure over its Iraq strategy amid continuing attacks on US forces in the country.

The US Senate has voted unanimously to urge President George W Bush to consider asking Nato and the United Nations for help in rebuilding Iraq.

The non-binding resolution said that while it was in the interests of the United States to remain engaged in Iraq, conditions there posed a serious threat to American troops.

Public opinion in the US appears to reflect this disquiet, with polls showing a marked decline in support for the Bush administration's policy on Iraq.

The Senate vote came after General Tommy Franks, until recently at the helm of US-led coalition forces in Iraq, warned that American forces might have to remain in the country far longer than anticipated.

[Old and In the Way]

1. Can you say qWagmire?

I guess the Senate had to ask unanimously.....kinda of surprisimg that the Republicans would want NATO and the UN helping out in Iraq, though....seeing that everyone is irrelevant other than the US.


Personally, I hope we get the collective finger from the world. George can explain why there was no planning for post-War Iraq to the American people as he explains why there was no real evidence to support the lie of WMD.

Saddam was a bad man, no doubt. But there are lots of bad men in this world. He was able to be bad because the very Republicans in this administration created him 25 years ago. But this bad man has lots of oil that a bunch of neocons thought belonged to us and their corporate benefactors (the oil companies).

So Saddam had to go....but absolutely no planning for post Saddam. We have a major league black eye in the world and no amount of FOX or MS-NBC spin is going to fix this.

I hope all Americans wake up and realize what we've lost politically, economically, and spiritually since this fraud was criminally installed as a puppet pResident.

[hedda_foil]

2. Rummy was pinned to the mat and forced to admit the cost is $4B/mo

Twice the original estimate of a couple months ago. Franks said, hey it could take two years, could take four ... your guess is as good as mine, guys.

Within a few hours, the Senate voted 97-3 to beg NATO and the UN for help!

[jab105]

3. $4B/month...

that equals $48B a year...which is MORE than half of the federal education budget....

I'm gonna puke!!

[NYC]

5. Don't forget $1 billion a month for Afghanistan.

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[Bossy Monkey]

4. US Media had it, even here in the hinterland

These days, Knight-Ridder just runs a chain-wide DC bureau, which no doubt saves them money but probably cuts down the Pulitzers a lot, too:
http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/6285256.htm
Not quite the same story; the Franks story was in the paper today, too, but I can't find it online. Oh, here ya go:
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/6277296.htm