p_p_man
The 'Euro' European
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at last making their first tentative steps to becoming an effective opposition once again?
From today's Guardian...
"However Tom Daschle - the most powerful Democrat in the country - has taken a few tentative steps this month towards restoring normal service as a voice for alternative ideas in the field of foreign and defence policy.
He pointed out that the administration was focused on widening the war at a time when the main objective in Afghanistan had yet to be achieved.
"There may be support, in general, for the president's request for defence, but somebody has got to ask tough questions," the South Dakota senator said.
"Clearly, we've got to find Mohammed Omar, we've got to find Osama bin Laden, and we've got to find other key leaders of the al-Qaida network, or we will have failed. We're not safe until we have broken the back of al-Qaida, and we haven't done that yet. I think the jury is still out about future success."
About bloody time too...
From today's Guardian...
"However Tom Daschle - the most powerful Democrat in the country - has taken a few tentative steps this month towards restoring normal service as a voice for alternative ideas in the field of foreign and defence policy.
He pointed out that the administration was focused on widening the war at a time when the main objective in Afghanistan had yet to be achieved.
"There may be support, in general, for the president's request for defence, but somebody has got to ask tough questions," the South Dakota senator said.
"Clearly, we've got to find Mohammed Omar, we've got to find Osama bin Laden, and we've got to find other key leaders of the al-Qaida network, or we will have failed. We're not safe until we have broken the back of al-Qaida, and we haven't done that yet. I think the jury is still out about future success."
About bloody time too...
