Vermont governor wants troops home

[Judi Lynn]

Vermont governor wants troops home
Amid serious casualties, he urges pullout plan
By Scott Helman, Globe Staff | December 19, 2005

Governor James H. Douglas of Vermont, a Republican whose state has lost more soldiers per capita in Iraq and Afghanistan than any other in the United States, said last week that the Bush administration and Congress should prepare a withdrawal plan to bring troops home from Iraq.
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Douglas spoke as he welcomed 600 Vermont National Guard soldiers home from Kuwait, where they served for a year in support of the war. Several planes of soldiers landed in Burlington, where they were greeted by family, friends, and Christmas carols and patriotic songs played by a National Guard band.

Douglas also said that given the apparent success of the national election last week in Iraq, it should be largely up to the Iraqis to decide when the United States should pull out of the country.

''It's up to them," he said. ''They ought to be the ones to make the call as to whether they feel their security is adequate and their infrastructure is prepared to assume responsibility for the country."
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/vermont/articles/2005/12/19/vermont_governor_wants_troops_home/

[bluestateguy]

1. Isn't Bush in the 20's in Vermont?

Probably a wise move.

[Greeby]

2. Hey, it's the state that gave us Bernie Sanders

They got their heads screwed on straight :D

[gorbal]

5. The last election was complicated

Some Democrats started a "Democrats for Douglas" campaign because he is a moderate and his competitor was branded a socialist.

[DeepModem Mom]

3. Snow is falling on pines up here today. I weep for those lost Vermonters

whose quiet is now of a different sort.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Is the current deployment of the national guard legal?

Technically we are not at war as there has been no formal declaration of war. Is the (mis)use of the guard authorized under a decreed national emergency?