The bill passed by Congress provides more than $90 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

However, it also calls for a cut and run, surrender, or call of defeat (whichever you want to call it) demanding a beginning of the troop withdrawal by this coming October 1st. There is a stipulation in the bill that if Bush doesn’t tippy-toe over the Libs and if the Dems don’t feel Iraq is pulling their weight, troop withdrawal would begin by July 1. The bill also restricts aid to Iraq if benchmarks aren’t met, allows limited security forces to remain in Iraq for the sole reason of training Iraqi troops, further restricts deployment of new troops, adds more that $20 billion in pork not requested by Bush and not having anything to do with the War on Terror, and raises the minimum wage to $7.25.

Talk about sneaking things in through the back door.

I admire Bush’s resolve to refuse signing any bill calling for a pullout date. Think about it. If you were the enemy and a pull-out date was announced, what would you do?

However, I wish Bush would get a little bolder, telling the Dems to get their act straight and quit sending him B.S. bills. And I wish he’d take away the rules of engagement that are handcuffing our troops and let them fight this war the way it should be fought: to win.

Oh, and Mrs. Pistachio thanks you all for the congratulatory comments on Political Pistachio, via e-mail, and on the other sites: Right Angle and Heading Right.

The idiot libs, this bill, and Mrs. Pistachio’s experience at the ceremony to become a citizen of the United States will all be addressed at the next episode of Political Pistachio Radio Saturday at 4pm Pacific/7pm Eastern. Call in at (646) 652-2940 to chime in, or to tell Mrs. Pistachio congrats on the air. Looking forward to hearing from you.

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