Kathy Castor's Iraq Position

I emailed Kathy Castor's office and asked what her position was on Iraq. They emailed me back this St Petersburg Times article.

Castor said the U.S. military presence should be “downsized’’ in Iraq by the end of the year and the troops either redeployed elsewhere or brought home, allowing Iraqis to assume security for their own country. She thinks Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld should be dismissed and a new course of action charted that couples America’s military might with moral authority.

That's pretty clear. Republicans will label Castor a cut and runner. The problem with that is many Americans feel the same way as the Congresswoman. Many Republicans in Congress are having second thoughts after President Bush waited until after the election to shitcan Donald Rumsfeld. Republicans are fearlessly coming out against the surge.

No doubt Lieberman is referring to the harsh words coming from his colleagues across the aisle, including Republican senators Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who told Condoleezza Rice today that escalating the conflict represents “the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam, if it’s carried out;” Gordon Smith of Oregon, who calls the president’s policy absurd and possibly criminal; Sam Brownback of Kansas, who wants to partition Iraq and says the US “should not increase its involvement” until Sunnis and Shiites stop shooting at each other; Susan Collins of Maine, who says “I don’t think more troops is the answer to the violence;” and Ohio’s George Voinovich, who says “I’ve bought into [Bush’s] dream and at this stage of the game I just don’t think its going to happen.”

Lieberman is trying to keep Republicans from feeding their own leader to the wolves. Bush really is in trouble.