gotta wonder though. if pounding the piss out of helpless civilians is so supported in the US
why every time it happens, even in the present,, impeachment is considered
Congress hints at Bush’s impeachment over Iraq
Republican blasts Democrats for artificial troop withdrawal date
By HOPE YEN
WASHINGTON — With his go-it-alone approach on Iraq, President George W. Bush is flouting Congress and the public, so angering legislators that some consider impeachment an option over his war policy, a senator from Bush’s own party said Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Senate’s No. 2 Republican leader harshly criticized Democrats in the House of Representatives for setting an "artificial date" for withdrawing troops from Iraq and said he believes Republicans have enough votes to prevent passage of a similar bill in the Senate.
"We need to put that kind of decision in the hands of our commanders who are there on the ground with the men and women," said Senator Trent Lott, (R-Miss.). "For Congress to impose an artificial date of any kind is totally irresponsible."
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and a frequent critic of the war, stopped short of calling for Bush’s impeachment. But he made clear that some legislators viewed that as an option should Bush choose to push ahead despite public sentiment against the war.
"Any president who says, I don’t care, or I will not respond to what the people of this country are saying about Iraq or anything else, or I don’t care what the Congress does, I am going to proceed — if a president really believes that, then . . . there are ways to deal with that," said Hagel, who is considering a 2008 presidential run.
The Senate planned to begin debate today on a war spending bill that would set a non-binding goal of March 31, 2008, for the removal of combat troops.
That comes after the House narrowly passed a bill Friday that would pay for wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year but would require that combat troops come home from Iraq before September 2008 — or earlier if the Iraqi government did not meet certain requirements.
