Out-of-Afghanistan rumblings on the Hill

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http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/out-of-afghanistan-rumblings-on-the-hill-2007-06-26.html

Out-of-Afghanistan rumblings on the Hill
By Roxana Tiron
June 26, 2007

When they won control of Congress in November, Democrats pressed their case to withdraw troops from Iraq and refocus on Afghanistan, but some are growing impatient with U.S. operations in Afghanistan as well.

A few congressional Democrats go so far as suggesting that the Pentagon should pull out of Afghanistan now, while others say that troop withdrawal will be addressed after the military is out of Iraq.

Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii), a senior defense authorizer, wants the U.S. out of Afghanistan immediately, calling operations there “futile” in trying to effect political change in a country with a tangled history.

Most other Democrats want to focus on Afghanistan, with the goal of withdrawing the military down the road after the country is stabilized and any new Taliban resurgence quashed.

With a few exceptions, congressional Democrats no longer show any hesitation about withdrawing the military from Iraq. But they are more circumspect about Afghanistan, saying that the Bush administration let the situation worsen by shifting attention onto a protracted conflict in Iraq.

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1. Both wars are bleak indeed

The 109th congress also share responsibility because from the period 2004-2006 that was the make or break period for both wars but they allowed monkey boy and his crew to bullshit them with phony elections, purple fingers, meaningless show trials all of this while Iraq and Afghanistan was slowly burning now the fire is out of control.