Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) honors all those Americans who have taken an active part in the Global War on Terror, whether as first responders protecting the homeland, as servicemembers overseas, as diplomats and intelligence officers, or in other roles;
(2) honors the sacrifices of the United States Armed Forces and of partners in the Coalition, and of the Iraqis and Afghans who fight alongside them, especially those who have fallen or been wounded in the struggle, and honors as well the sacrifices of their families and of others who risk their lives to help defend freedom;
(3) declares that it is not in the national security interest of the United States to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq;
(4) declares that the United States is committed to the completion of the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq;
(5) congratulates Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the Iraqi people on the courage they have shown by participating, in increasing millions, in the elections of 2005 and on the formation of the first government under Iraq's new constitution;
(6) calls upon the nations of the world to promote global peace and security by standing with the United States and other Coalition partners to support the efforts of the Iraqi and Afghan people to live in freedom; and
(7) declares that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the noble struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
If the Democrats want to cut and run or set a time table to cut and run, now is the time for them to go on record and vote against this resolution. Will they follow Hillary Clinton who says she is against setting a deadline for withdrawal or John Murtha who wants an immediate withdrawal or Nancy Palosi who wants to set a timetable for withdrawal? Will the Democrats ever be able to reconcile their differences and tell America where they stand on the War on Terrorism? America wants to know. Our allies want to know and the terrorist want to know. I will post the results after they vote.
(To read the entire resolution click on the title above for a link)
UPDATE FROM THE SENATE
Today the Senate rejected a call for the withdrawal of U.S. combat forces from Iraq by year's end.
The vote was 93-6 to shelve the proposal, which would have allowed "only forces that are critical to completing the mission of standing up Iraqi security forces" to remain in 2007. The only votes in favor of an early cut and run from Iraq were John Kerry of Massachusetts(he served in Vietnam you know)Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, Barbara Boxer of California, Robert Byrd of West Virginia, Tom Harkin of Iowa, and Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts.Apparently Kerry Introduced the resolution to curry favor with the anti war left of the Democratic party and the Republicans in the Senate called his bluff and put it to a quick vote and made him look foolish which is not hard to do.He was just going to introduce the resolution and didn't expect that it would actually come to a vote any time soon.
HOUSE UPDATE
The House on Friday handily rejected a timetable for pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq, culminating a fiercely partisan debate between Republicans and Democrats feeling the public's apprehension about war and the onrushing midterm campaign season.
In a 256-153 vote that mirrored the position taken by the Senate earlier, the GOP-led House approved a nonbinding resolution that praises U.S. troops, labels the Iraq war part of the larger global fight against terrorism and says an "arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment" of troops is not in the national interest.
"Retreat is not an option in Iraq," declared House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio. "Achieving victory is our only option ... We have no choice but to confront these terrorists, win the war on terror and spread freedom and democracy around the world." 42 Democrats voted for the resolution and only 3 Republicans voted against it. Why does the press always feature those three Republicans and we never hear about the 42 Democrats?
