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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Democrats Oppose Using Troops to Stop Mass Slaughter

From the Baltimore Sun online edition:

But many acknowledged that Iraq could first plunge into vicious sectarian fighting much like the kind of ethnic cleansing that consumed Bosnia a decade ago and is now afflicting Sudan's Darfur region. Yet they flatly rejected the use of U.S. troops to stop the killing.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it's horrendous," said House Appropriations Committee Chairman David R. Obey, a Wisconsin Democrat who has helped lead the drive against the war. "The only hope for the Iraqis is their own damned government, and there's slim hope for that."

As I have written before, Democrats really don't care if their actions result in a few million deaths. But the callousness of people like David Obey takes your breath away.

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