McGovern to Meet With Congress on War

[Gruzinit]

Ted Kennedy will be in charge od education, Hillary Clinton for Healthcare, Bill for Abstinence Ed. and McGovern from cut and run.....u know the end times are approaching....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/10/AR2006111000147.html

McGovern to Meet With Congress on War

By OSKAR GARCIA
The Associated Press
Friday, November 10, 2006; 3:47 AM



LINCOLN, Neb. -- George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.

If Democrats don't take steps to end the war in Iraq soon, they won't be in power very long, McGovern told reporters before a speech at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

"I think the Democratic leadership is wise enough to know that if they're going to follow the message that election sent, they're going to have to take steps to bring the war to a conclusion," he said.

McGovern will present his recommendations before the Congressional Progressive Caucus, a 62-member group led by Reps. Lynn Woolsey and Barbara Lee.

"The best way to reduce this insurgency is to get the American forces out of there," McGovern said. "That's what's driving this insurgency."

McGovern told the audience Thursday that the Iraq and Vietnam wars were equally "foolish enterprises" and that the current threat of terrorism developed because _ not before _ the United States went into Iraq.

McGovern's plan _ as written in his new book, "Out of Iraq: A Practical Plan for Withdrawal Now" _ also calls for the United States to remove hired mercenaries from the region, push for the removal of British troops and establish a temporary transitional force, similar to police, made up of Muslims from the region.

"I've talked with a lot of senior officers _ generals and admirals _ in preparation for this book, that say this war can't be won, that the problems now are not military problems," McGovern told reporters. "There isn't going to be any decisive victory in Iraq."

It is vital that Republican and Democratic legislators find common ground with one another and President Bush, McGovern said.

"Never let the new class of Democrats forget that they're there in considerable part because of the war the American public has now turned against," McGovern said. "That's going to have to be something that they have to explore with Republicans and with the White House."

McGovern, a former South Dakota congressman and senator, was a leading opponent of the war in Vietnam. He was the Democratic nominee for president in 1972, losing to Richard Nixon, and was ambassador to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in Rome from 1998 to 2001.

[cjd]

Its funny you used  the term the end times are approaching I was talking to a friend the other night and had said the samething. The reemergence of this vile beast McGovern is just sickening!! I was hoping to never lay eyes on him again. I am sure soon all the other nasty beasts will rise from their crypts to resume their leftist agenda. The American voters have put us all in the hands of the most extreme leftest in the country and in one of the most dangerous periods in modern history. This cut and run bunch has in a few short days already has emboldened the Muslim enemy. I thought Democraps  may have smartened up a bit and try to lead from the center but its already evedent that they plan to pick up right where they left off.