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Original Post Date: 2007-02-28 Time: 00:00:00 Posted By: Jan
Washington
US President George W Bush warned his Democratic opponents on Monday that he will fight any attempt to use the debate on war funding to undercut his controversial troop “surge” in Iraq.
Speaking to a gathering of US state governors at the White House, Bush said he expected a “healthy debate” on the war but said he was concerned about any move by congress to limit funding.
Bush said he would be “strongly defending the budgets we send up to congress, to make sure those troops who are in harm’s way have the resources and that we have the flexibility necessary to … execute the plan we’ve laid out.”
Congress must vote in the coming weeks on Bush’s request for $93.4bn in supplemental funding this year for the “war on terror”, and a request for $141.7bn to cover military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2008.
Escalation of war feared
Some Democrats, who now hold a majority in congress, see the debate as an opportunity to block a military build-up in Iraq that they regard as an escalation of the war.
They have taken aim at the deployment of more than 21 500 troops in addition to the 140 000 already there. Bush insists this “surge” is needed to stop the sectarian bloodshed and secure Baghdad and western al-Anbar province.
Polls show that a majority of the public wants to begin withdrawing US forces from Iraq, and Democrats say that their victory in November congressional elections gave them a mandate to bring that about.
Bush told the governors that his plan was “more likely to succeed than any of the alternatives that were presented to me”, and that a premature withdrawal would lead to “chaos”.
Democrats divided
However, Democrats are divided. Many worry that they will be accused in the debate of denying troops money needed to protect them.
Bush played with that idea on Monday: “I think it’s important for people to understand the consequences of not giving our troops the resources necessary to do the job,” he said.
“Our men and women in uniform risk their lives to carry out our plan to support this new democracy and to secure Baghdad.
“And wherever members may stand on my decision, we have a solemn responsibility to give our troops the resources and the flexibility they need to prevail,” Bush said.
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