Senate Refuses To Lend Ear So McChrystal Can Demand Additional Resources

October 1st, 2009 (7) Posted By Erik Wong.

US Afghanistan

The Washington Examiner:

The Senate defeated on a party-line vote a move by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz to set a Nov. 15 deadline for the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan and other military brass to testify before the Senate about the need for additional troops and resources to fight the war.

McCain’s provision, an effort to put pressure on Obama to quickly decide on a troop increase, failed 40-59, and came after the Senate approved an amendment by Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., by a 60-39 vote, to postpone such a hearing until Obama has finished a planned review of the Afghanistan war strategy.

“This is an issue that the U.S. Senate should have a role in at least being informed,” McCain argued before the Senate Thursday afternoon. “So, I guess we will be restricted to interviews with Gen. McChrystal on 60 minutes.”

Levin said Obama should be allowed the time to decide whether the strategy needs to be altered in Afghanistan before McChrystal goes public with his request, though it has already been widely circulated.

“It would be “totally inappropriate, in the middle of a deliberative process, to pit our commander in the field against our commander in chief,” Levin said.

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  • GRIZZ

    Fuck you levin,you fucking worm.That goes for all you demorat basturds.

  • tlk

    Motherfuckers!

  • Richard

    :shock: W T F
    Dem Donkey Dongs just gonna let the June-July gains in the “Helmad” prov. slide right down the crapper with the blood of so many good troop to grease the pipe. Should have seen this vile weasel move coming when the ROE on use of air-strikes was made so restrictive weeks into what WAS shaping up to be a major spanking of those p o s talybums. If war is hell, the current congress must be satan’s legions.

  • EL GONZO

    Just got to love the “commander in-chief” descriptor of ObamaSHit.
    I would hate to be the secret service and had to protect this commie bastard pig, I’m sure that the secret service men and women takes at least two baths whenever they have duty with that asshole.
    However, how much longer does the secret service can keep doing their jobs and not have their careers ruined by committing treason for protecting the destructor of America.
    It’s time to start commentary/blog that the SECRET SERVICE is also involved in treason. Think about it……

  • atilla

    barack obarfa~~cocksucker in chief

  • Phil Byler

    John McCain was right to try. This vote shows the Democrats are being irresponsible to our men and women in the military. Obama is a dangerous incompetent with respect to Commander-in-Chief responsibilities.

    • http://www.accdf.com aboutTObegin

      we have been screaming that for a long time and it fell on deaf ears until this usurper came into office, then people began to realise just how much of a traitor all these demofucks are!!!

      -aTb