Once Again, Battle-Ready
I was wrong about Bush, he did have the balls to veto the Iraq Spending Bill on the aniversary of Mission Accomplished.
Too bad some retired generals think he's failed the military:
The President vetoed our troops and the American people. His stubborn commitment to a failed strategy in Iraq is incomprehensible. He committed our great military to a failed strategy in violation of basic principles of war. His failure to mobilize the nation to defeat world wide Islamic extremism is tragic. We deserve more from our commander-in-chief and his administration.--Maj. Gen. John Batiste, USA, Ret.
Bush can at least look forward to the fact that CNN senior Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre said he couldn't sign the bill (whatever that means).
But I guess the challenge between those who support the President and those who support the Democratically-controlled Congress is this: was this bill strictly a withdrawal bill (as the WashPost suggests) or was it a spending bill with strings attached? How this thing gets defined will determines who wins this fight.
Prepare for another battle.
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