<p>Will the cost of Katrina, coupled with the publicity be the way out for the Republicans and others who realize we are in a mess for the wrong reason?
Let’s bring the Gulf State soldiers home to help take care of their own homes.</p>
<p>if anything the gas prices following Katrina may have introduced folks to the reasons why fuel is high…in addition prices dropped on Fri and will continue a drop…next cisis is Natural Gas and Heating Oil. The way I see it these all goes to justification of the war.</p>
<p>Maybe it will simply polarize people’s views further.</p>
<p>I am pretty sure that Republicans are looking for a way to get out from beneath this mess before elections roll around…most military units have now seen action twice in the mid-east and the number of people who trust the president’s judgement is sinking fast and they are willing to allude to it in public. I think they have been looking for an excuse to get out and that this may be it. Having the real reason for the war surface (Sorry it was about oil after all) will not fly with moms and pops everywhere.</p>
<p>Fortunately the “moms and pops” have a bit more sophistication in their thinking capability.</p>
<p>BTW, did you notice that your hero is now calling for the end of the “occupation” of New Orleans? She is exposing herself more and more for the deranged person that she has become (or possibly always has been?)</p>
<p>LOL fundingfather: here is a link to her request to pull troops out of “Occupied” New Orleans:
<a href=“http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2005/09/16/20050916_195600_flash.htm[/url]”>http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2005/09/16/20050916_195600_flash.htm</a></p>
<p>No I won’t fall for that one…don’t look at how we screwed up…lets look at how the woman who lost her son is acting…Republicans always looking for someone else to blame or point at… I wonder how the rest of the country is thinking…Lets look at a recent poll.
The majority of Americans don’t believe in this war; They doubt Iraq will ever become a stable democracy, and they don’t want to make long term sacrifices to pay for it. The recent New York Times/CBS poll shows that even a majority of Republicans disapprove of cutting domestic programs to pay for the war. Many communities in the south are feeling the impact of this war more than in the rest of the country. Sixty percent of the population disapproves of the way President Bush has handled this war and the majority of people polled say we should with draw as soon as possible even if there is no democracy created.
<a href=“http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/16/news/poll.php[/url]”>http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/16/news/poll.php</a>
I notice that Republican leaders feel the war is worth sending middle and lower class military personal but not worth paying a tax. This country borrows from the Saudis, the Japanese and British every day to pay for this war…it will never be paid for by oil revenues from Iraq.</p>
<p>Ponder this:
“We should start figuring out how we get out of there,” Hagel said on “This Week” on ABC. “But with this understanding, we cannot leave a vacuum that further destabilizes the Middle East. I think our involvement there has destabilized the Middle East. And the longer we stay there, I think the further destabilization will occur.”
<a href=“http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/21/hagel.iraq.ap/[/url]”>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/08/21/hagel.iraq.ap/</a>
Republicans worry about reelection as voters get testy
Among other things in this article about Republican concerns includes the beliefs of Rep. E. Clay Shaw who believes that,
“Troops will be coming home, the economy is improving, unemployment is low, and the government response to Katrina is getting better every day. I think Republicans are going to be fine by the next election.”</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2005/09/18/m1a_gopalarm_0918.html[/url]”>http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2005/09/18/m1a_gopalarm_0918.html</a></p>
<p>This news is about how congress is hearing from its constituents and the support for the war may impact the next elections. Some republican Senators, not up for re-election are arguing to stay the course…representative up for re-election next year are feeling the heat, as the majority of Americans have had enough with the war.</p>
<p><a href=“http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1153&slug=Congress%20Iraq%20Katrina[/url]”>http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apwashington_story.asp?category=1153&slug=Congress%20Iraq%20Katrina</a></p>
<p>Others have pointed to the fact that some 7,000 National Guard troops from Louisiana and Mississippi, who could have been available for rescue and security operations at home, were instead deployed to Iraq, along with their equipment, when Katrina hit. </p>
<p>“I think there are a lot of southern Republicans who are asking why we’re still spending blood and treasure in Iraq and Afghanistan when we can’t seem to take care of our own at home,” said one Congressional aide this week. “Katrina brings home those kinds of policy choices in a very dramatic and concrete way.”
<a href=“http://lewrockwell.com/ips/lobe241.html[/url]”>http://lewrockwell.com/ips/lobe241.html</a></p>
<p>Polls are dynamic. This president is wise not to base his decisions on polls.</p>
<p>He doesn’t seem to base his decisions on facts either! Polls might be a step up from just listening to the oil companies through Dick Cheney.</p>