Edwards Urges Congress to Cut Iraq Funds

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Wednesday that he would immediately pull about a third of U.S. combat troops out of Iraq if he were president.

Congress should also cut military funding to force President Bush to do so, Edwards said.

Edwards is going a step farther than rivals Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, who want to cap the number of troops in Iraq to prevent Bush's increase, but are reluctant to cut funding while soldiers are on the ground.

''At this point, the escalation is under way, so blocking it is not enough,'' Edwards told reporters in a conference call. ''So what I'm doing today is calling on Congress to take the next step, which is to cap funding.''

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-On-the-2008-Trail.html

[Boo Boo]

1. Oh, AP... forever spinning, spinning, spinning.

AP says Edwards thinks Congress should "cut military funding." Then AP quotes Edwards as saying "cap funding."

Cute.

[ohioINC]

2. Constitutional Crisis ?

Would that be the best thing for our country, armed forces and Iraq? Bush started this and it was wrong, however walking away from what we have done, may be worse for the the US and the Iraqi people. We must manage this situation based on securing the best outcome for our future and not what would have been best if Bush had not been President. At this point the power vacuum would still be in the region if we left entirely by this spring or next. Who will fill it? Iran and Iraq checked one anothers power and the neocons knew full well that toppling Saddam would change this dynamic. Who will check Iran now?