I don't think I can quite get myself to be civil enough to comment on the House vote this week...not yet. Fortunately, David can. Over at the Thunder Run, he's posted an article, and his response to a surprise pair that jumped on the "how to lose a war" bandwagon...

218-212 House OKs Surrender
And 2 Republican's crossed the aisle to join with them: Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) and Walter Jones (R-NC).

WASHINGTON - A sharply divided House voted Friday to order President Bush to bring combat troops home from Iraq next year, a victory for Democrats in an epic war-powers struggle and Congress' boldest challenge yet to the administration's policy.

Ignoring a White House veto threat, lawmakers voted 218-212, mostly along party lines, for a binding war spending bill requiring that combat operations cease before September 2008, or earlier if the Iraqi government does not meet certain requirements. Democrats said it was time to heed the mandate of their election sweep last November, which gave them control of Congress.

"The American people have lost faith in the president's conduct of this war," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi D-Calif. "The American people see the reality of the war, the president does not."

The vote, echoing clashes between lawmakers and the White House over the Vietnam War four decades ago, pushed the Democratic-led Congress a step closer to a constitutional collision with the wartime commander in chief. Bush has insisted that lawmakers allow more time for his strategy of sending nearly 30,000 additional troops to Iraq to work....

Make sure to check out the post.

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