US Senate votes 51-47 to bring troops home
by March 2008.
[Front paged, N.M.] Today, after learning of the Senate vote and previously when the House passed their emergency funding bill, I was struck by the lack of dialogue here and virtually across the board on the liberal and progressive blogs. I get that the result of the vote is not what we seek. Still, we should as a community try to come to an understanding about what these actions mean in the ongoing quest to end this conflict/ occupation. In the comments of a diary by Lietta Ruger two diaries below, I posted the following comment and the initial exchange between Lietta, Noemie and I, as a start in this evaluation of where our nation is heading: I find it interesting that with both the US House and Senate having passed emergency spending bills which yes, fund the war, but also fund what the R's did not and call for redeployment by March 2008 that lib blogs are silent. The bills also include significant funding for Katrina rebuilding and VA medical and veterans facility improvements.Below the fold are comments by first Lietta, then Noemie and finally Particle Man. I have probably broken some kind of rule here but Lietta's comments in particular get to the core of what I expect many are thinking.
(By Lietta)
(by Noemie)
(by Particle)
US Senate votes 51-47 to bring troops home | 43 comments (43 topical)
US Senate votes 51-47 to bring troops home | 43 comments (43 topical)
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