GOP senator says Iraq war is "absurd" »

Posted by: Wil 1 year, 10 months ago

3.9

Scale of 1 to 10

Read: 0

Propped: 17

Comments: 8

Archived

In an emotional speech in the Senate, Sen Gordon Smith, a Republican from Oregon who has been a supporter of the war, said he is at, "the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up the same bombs, day after day." "That is absurd," he said.

Read Full Story at cnn.com »

Submitted By:

Wil

I'm a Propeller Scout, and I run the Geek group. I'm a writer and actor who loves technology and science fiction. But I ...

Also submitted:

1.0 - Why do you read Science Fiction?
1.0 - The Obama middle-class rescue plan
1.0 - Christopher Hitchens: Vote for Obama
1.0 - Rumor: Ridley Scott to direct Forever War

This Story is Archived and Commenting is Closed

Comments: 8

Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
Aidenag
Dec. 8, 2006, 2:47 p.m.
"I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way, being blown up by the same bombs day after day. That is absurd. It may even be criminal."
Was really surprised he used the word "Criminal", about time someone said it.
Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
jordan11
Dec. 8, 2006, 6:28 p.m.
"That is absurd," he said.>>>>>
That it is.

2 Replies
- Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
  Aidenag
  Dec. 9, 2006, 1:51 a.m.
  ? it says he stated "Criminal" right on the article Jordon11.. and about 100 other's coverage of his statements as well.
  
  1 Reply
  - Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
    jordan11
    Dec. 9, 2006, 2:07 a.m.
    it says he stated "Criminal" right on the article Jordon11.. and about 100 other's coverage of his statements as well.>>>>>
    We have a right to know what they've done. We have to know what they've done, or these crazy people will continue to erode our country in the future. Pressure has got to be put on this new Congress.
Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
ETproductions
Dec. 8, 2006, 7:48 p.m.
I admire Senator Smith's honesty. It would have been so easy to simply say nothing and adjourn.
Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
RedstateLib
Dec. 8, 2006, 8:49 p.m.
Hear, Hear speaking the truth to power and telling those he knows will attack "I don't care". I like that "cut and walk".
Sounds better than "stay the catastrophic course". Lets find away to bring our soldiers home.
Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
ameliog
Dec. 9, 2006, 1:13 a.m.
Sounds like a Republican stricken by conscience. Maybe it'll spread to others.

1 Reply
- Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)
  ETproductions
  Dec. 9, 2006, 2:58 a.m.
  Hey, as a former member of the GOP, I heartily salute ANY move to throw the divide-and-conquer criminal neo-con Con(men) out of the party and retake its true conservative roots. For far too long the new GOP has waged a war on the American Middle Class with shell-game tax cuts that actually favor only multinational corporations and the filthy rich. Real income is down for 99% of us. Our Clinton (Democrat) budget surplus has been squandered. Our standing as a world power is in tatters. The National debt is pushing 9 trillion dollars. With debt service, that amounts to 40-50 trillion if we stop deficit spending today! Owed to whom? Multinational banks, with China at the forefront.
  The departing Con(man) congress, in a burn the bridges move to make it more difficult for the Democrats to govern, made sure deficits will continue for the foreseeable future with a massive new Pork Barrel spending initiative. How bad does it have to get before we recognize there is something drastically wrong?