House passes Iraq Bill

The Hill reports that by slim victory (218-212) the House passed a bill that forces the President to bring the troos home by August 2008 or earlier.

The wording was worked into a $124 billion appropriations bill that would fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

This is the Democrats strongest stand against the presidents Iraq policy.

The White House has already said it will veto the legislation.

I would agree with the veto, setting a specific date is asking for trouble. I have said in an earlier post that if we set a date for withdrawal, we will see an end of violence until we leave. Once we leave an all-out civil war would break out.

Update 2:17 pm: President Bush responded to the House vote a short while ago. "A narrow majority in the House of Representatives abdicated its responsibility by passing a war spending bill that has no chance of becoming law and brings us no closer to getting the troops the resoures they need to do their job," the president said. I agree with the President the show the democrats continue to put on is hurting the soldiers and not helping to bring an end to the war.

What do you think?