The nonbinding Iraq resolution passed the House today with a 246-to-182 vote. 17 of the House�s 201 Republicans supported the bill. This pseudo-action against Bush�s escalation of the war has gotten pseudo-praise from us liberals. Democrats have managed to �speak softly� in response to charges of disloyalty towards America and betrayal of the troops, but let�s hope they�re also carrying �a big stick� in their arsenal. So far, it seems attempts to hamper troop deployment have all been for show.

A US House of Representatives resolution condemning the plan of George Bush, the US president, to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq has been passed by a vote of 246 to 182.

Nancy Pelosi, the house speaker and a California Democrat, said: “The stakes in Iraq are too high to recycle proposals that have little prospect for success.”

Bush dismissed the rebuke, stressing that it was “non-binding”, but in the coming weeks Congress will debate the budget for the ‘war on terror’ which may directly affect Bush’s plans.

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