A sharply divided House brushed aside a veto threat Wednesday and passed legislation that would order President Bush to begin withdrawing troops from Iraq by Oct. 1. The 218-208 vote came as the top U.S. commander in Iraq told lawmakers the country remained gripped by violence but was showing some signs of improvement.

Passage puts the bill on track to clear Congress by week’s end and arrive on the president’s desk in coming days as the first binding congressional challenge to Bush’s handling of the conflict now in its fifth year.

“Common sense and the Constitution teach us that Congress can declare war; Congress can fund or choose not to fund war, but Congress must never attempt to conduct war.

“And despite what my friends on the other side of the aisle say, this war is not lost.

[you don't understand the Al Qaida own 1/2 the country. They have jihadists have no hope of winning without dhimmocrats inn their corner.]

“The dedicated professionals in the U.S. military and Intelligence Community who every day put their lives on the line to fight the global threat posed by radical jihadists deserve to know that America’s political leaders stand with them. The bill Congress is sending to the president shows the opposite.

http://michellemalkin.com/archives/007385.htm

Why would any one want to ally with the United States as long as there are dems about.

Let the blood of the killing fields flow, eh dems…. how many died in viet nam?

It’s no wonder Rome fell.

I should add bush is saying to the senate to just pass it so that he can veto it.  I’ll find a link later.