Why are Republican reps being told by their constituents to bring the soldiers home?

Answer 1

They are tired of body bags and throwing money down the sink-hole known as corporate welfare in a war that will not be won militarily. The generals have been saying that for years and the latest to become opposed:


7/5/07 A/P
Senior GOP senator abandons Iraq policy

WASHINGTON - In another setback to President Bush's increasingly unpopular war strategy, GOP stalwart Sen. Pete Domenici said he wants to see an end to combat
operations and U.S. troops heading home from Iraq by spring.

The longtime New Mexico senator is the latest of several party loyalists and former war supporters to abandon Bush on Iraq in the past 10 days. They have urged a change sooner rather than later and further isolated the GOP president in his attempt to defend the unpopular war.

Last week, Sens. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, said the U.S. should significantly reduce its military presence in Iraq while bolstering
diplomatic efforts. Sen. John Warner, R-Va., this month is expected to propose a new approach....

With Congress on its July Fourth break, Domenici made his views known Thursday at a press conference in Albuquerque, N.M., though he said he has not talked to
the administration about wanting a strategy shift.
"I have carefully studied the Iraq situation and believe we cannot continue asking our troops to sacrifice indefinitely while the Iraqi government is not making measurable progress to move its country forward," he said.

Domenici was elected in 1972 and is a senior member of a panel that oversees defense spending. He said at the news conference that parents of those killed in Iraq previously told him the United States should stay in Iraq as long as it
takes. Now, he said, some parents have asked him to do more to bring the troops home sooner.

The senator said the situation in Iraq is getting worse. He said he now supports a bipartisan bill that embraces the findings of the independent Iraq Study Group.

Answer 2

Because their constituents are starting to realize that the way the Bush administration is fighting the "war on terrorism" is most incompetent and a big waste of money and lives.

Answer 3

politicians are supposed to do what the majority of their constituents want .republicans have not exactly been doing that in the last few years . 1-20-09 the end of a error .

Answer 4

Cause war sucks. No matter what side you are on. Also, the red states are the ones that are supporting the war and are filling up a majority of the body bags with their children, fathers and relatives. Nothing like a funeral to wake up a bunch of blind people to whats really going on, now is there.

Answer 5

Because their constituents think its a bad war - its a mistake. I am not saying I believe that - but some of their constituents do.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 6

Because the people who are telling their Representatives and Senators that have a heart and value life, especially that of the soldiers and Iraqi civilians.

Answer 7

Better not crow about it. You may live to regret our pull-out.
While you scream about Bush"s mistakes, your own idiots are prepared to jump head-long into much bigger ones.
I can still remember the Jane Fonda/John Kerry crowd shouting their confident rhetoric, and then I remember more the millions who were killed as a result of their stupidity.

Answer 8

Because the constituents don't realize that Iraq will become a training haven for terrorists if we leave without a substantive government in place.

Then the attacks on America get worse.

Use your head!

Answer 9

Source?

Answer 10

Another bad opinion from you. I have Republican reps. No one is telling them to throw in the towel and give up. Senators like Demonic are giving up on their own.