US - Democrats Unite to Urge Iraq Pullout

The Washington Post reports.

After months of struggling to forge a unified stance on the Iraq war, top congressional Democrats joined voices yesterday to call on President Bush to begin withdrawing U.S. troops by the end of the year and to "transition to a more limited mission" in the war-torn nation.

Then why do the Democrats keep voting to keep the troops in Iraq? There's been six votes so far on the issue and everytime the Democrats have voted to keep the troops there.

Here's what this is really all about.

With the midterm elections three months away, and Democrats seeing public discontent over Iraq as their best chance for retaking the House or Senate, a dozen key lawmakers told Bush in a letter:

A political stunt by the Democrats. No surprise there.
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