Reid & Liberals Still Playing Commander in Chief

J.J. Jackson* | April 23, 2007

Senator Harry Reid is at it again.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying a fresh veto threat, the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass legislation within days requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq beginning Oct. 1, with a goal of completing the pullout in six months, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday.

Reid said the legislation “immediately transitions the U.S. military away from policing a civil war.” He said that troops that remain in Iraq after next April 1 could only train Iraqi security units, protect U.S forces and conduct “targeted counter-terror operations.”

The Nevada Democrat outlined the elements of the legislation in a speech a few hours after Bush said he will reject any legislation along the lines of what Democrats intend to pass. “I will strongly reject an artificial timetable (for) withdrawal and/or Washington politicians trying to tell those who wear the uniform how to do their job,” the president said. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8OMEGE00&show_article=1

Someone take away their toys please? The babies need to go to bed.

I’ll say this one more time for Harry Reid and the liberals. You are not the commander in chief. You can declare war. You can fund war. But you cannot dictate troop movements.

Grow some balls. If you want to defund the war then do so. But you are not willing to live with the political consequences. Are you?

If you want to talk about people that want to consolidate political power in one branch as the left often complains President Bush wants to do, this is it. But it’s really the liberals trying to consolidate power in Congress.

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