Thursday, March 11, 2010

House Votes to Keep Troops in Afghanistan

The House has voted down a resolution to pull troops out of Afghanistan by the end of the year. After three hours of debate by a minuscule number of antiwar Democrats, the House voted 356 to 65 to reject the withdrawal proposal. Five Republicans joined 60 Democrats in support of pulling out while 189 Democrats and 167 Republicans were opposed.

The resolution was introduced by Ohio Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich. His resolution would have invoked the War Powers Act to force the withdrawal of American troops within 30 days. iw

2 comments:

TheWayfarer said...

Damn!!!
And so we go on spending ourselves into grotesque insolvency.

texlahoma said...

YDG - At least Kucinich gave them a chance to vote to get out.

Ted - It's ok, China will loan us more money to spread ourselves thin around the world.

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