CSM: Rising unease in Congress over Iraq war

[RamboLiberal]

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0810/p03s03-usfp.html

Signs this summer are pointing to an increasing unsettledness among Capitol Hill lawmakers - of both parties - over the war in Iraq and other US activities pertaining to the war on terror.
The unease was apparent even before Sen. Joseph Lieberman, a strong backer of US strategy in Iraq, took it on the chin Tuesday in Connecticut's Democratic primary. Important congressional votes related to the war on terror await lawmakers upon their return from their August recess, and many - especially those dismayed by Senator Lieberman's defeat - are using this month to calibrate the intensity of public sentiment on the Iraq conflict.

Before they left town last week, lawmakers questioned Pentagon officials about the Iraq campaign - and heard the civilian leaders offer a more positive assessment of progress than did military leaders reporting on the view from the ground. The Pentagon testimony was most out of sync over how close Iraq is to civil war.

Their words prompted Sen. John Warner (R) of Virginia to signal that Congress may need to vote to authorize US troops to fight in a civil war in Iraq.

"The real question is: Will Senator Warner follow through, or will the White House put so much pressure on him that he won't follow through," says Larry Korb, who served as assistant secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration and is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. "You can't win a civil war."

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. "You can't win a civil war."

I'll bet jr & cheney think they can. They'll just call for another election. That will clearly demonstrate the
Iraqis love of freedom & democracy.

[Disturbed]

2. What War?

The US/UK are an Occupation Force in Iraq.

[ima_sinnic]

3. whatever. when it comes down to it, will they APPROVE THE $$$?

to me, that is the litmus test. everytime the neocon scam artists stick out their hands for "more money for Iraq," Congress can't fall over itself fast enough to oblige the pricks. From our sweat-stained backs to their bulging bank accounts, easy as that! One of these decades they need to "just say no" to dollars for murder and mayhem.