With Congress and the White House engaged in a long-running feud over war funds, President George W. Bush criticized Democrats on Saturday for holding up money he requested for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Bush is seeking $196 billion for the wars for the fiscal year beginning October 1. Democrats who control Congress want to attach a troop pullout plan to the funding bill for the war but lack enough votes to pass the measure in the Senate.
"For months, Congress has delayed action on supplemental war funding because some in Congress want to make a political statement about the war," he said, criticizing Democrats for leaving for their Thanksgiving break without approving the war funds.
Bush accused Democrats of trying to micromanage the war.
"We do not need members of Congress telling our commanders what to do," he said.
Once again Bush fails to see the irony of arguing that Congress should not have a say in how the military conducts the war, while under his direction the military has been involved in disaster after disaster.
I am glad to see our Democrats standing their ground. I just hope that this time they do not blink first.
welllll cry me a friggin river....they should have done this Sooooo long ago.....
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