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Republicans want amnesty for killers
June 21, 2006 |
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19 Republicans voted against a bill stating that "the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of the Armed Forces of the United States."
(Melissa has a devastating message from a soldier to these senators, HERE)
One wonders if Republicans voted against it simply because it was a Democrat-generated bill...
Among the naysayers, John "toe-the-line" McCain. John Aravosis writes, referring to some language in the bill calling our armed forces "heroic": "In all fairness to the Republicans, maybe they simply objected to the fact that we called US service members 'heroic.'" Here's the list of shame:
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Evan Derkacz is a New York-based writer and contributor to AlterNet.
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