I can't believe no one's touched on this yet! If someone has, I didn't see it - and I searched, so apologies if this HAS been blogged.
Republican Chris Shays today announced that he will hold hearings and hopes to have a timeline for troop withdrawal by September.
"Our troops cannot be there indefinitely," Shays said Thursday from London during a telephone conference call with reporters after his 14th visit to Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Shays realizes military actions are supposed to have an ending! Good for him.
The important stuff, I think, is this:
"It may be a timeline the American people don't want to hear. It may not be something that brings them out quickly."
!!!BS Alert! The American people may not like it? It may not be fast? This sounds like a job for Prevarication Man - he's going to offer a "timeline" so his "
opponent's message" can be "neutralized".
*From the desk of Christopher Shays*
* September, 06: Issue timeline
* November, 06: Get re-elected
* December, 06: Forget we did timeline
* Last Tuesday after Never: Withdraw troops from Iraq
I just wanna know when Cheney will issue the fearful call that a vote for Shays could
embolden terrorist and Al-Qaeda types.