Lawmakers Reject Immediate Iraq Withdrawal

Nov 19, 7:56 AM (ET)

By LIZ SIDOTI

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-controlled House spurned calls for an immediate pullout of troops from Iraq in a vote hastily arranged by the GOP that Democrats vociferously denounced as politically motivated.

"To cut and run would invite terrorism into our backyards, and no one wants to see troops fighting terrorism on American soil," Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., said Friday night after the House, as planned, rejected a GOP-written resolution for immediate withdrawal.

The vote, held as lawmakers rushed toward a two-week Thanksgiving break, was 403-3.

Well shit on a stick! I thought we were in a "quagmire!" Now I learn it really isn't all that bad in Iraq. At least not bad enough to bring the boys home.

Democrats, you fucked up. You had the perfect opportunity to go on record for bringing the troops home from the quagmire called Iraq, but you chose to leave them there, didn't you? Jag-offs...