Democrats to delay funding for Iraq war

File under: About fucking time. I was beginning to think it would take sledge hammers to get through to them.

Democrats are poised to delay money for the Iraq war by several weeks, giving them time to calculate their next move and see if Republican support for President Bush's policies deteriorate.

The funding delay would likely cause only a minor disruption for the Defense Department. But it will escalate an already heated standoff between the Democratic-controlled Congress and Bush, who says at least 130,000 troops are needed in Iraq through next summer.

"Just because this administration wears blinders, we cannot afford the limitations of their shortsighted world view," said Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., a Vietnam veteran and prominent war critic.

Democrats are in a tough spot. Still lacking enough votes in the Senate to pass legislation ordering troops home by spring, they would have to soften their approach if they want to attract more Republicans. But doing so would rile much of the party's rank-and-file, elected on anti-war platforms and eager to cut off money for combat.

"There's a lot of anger out there," Murtha told reporters Monday at the National Press Club. "A lot of people are very unhappy with the Democrats because we haven't been able to get anything done." [emphasis mine]

No shit, Murtha. There's more anger out here than you could carry in a wheelbarrow.

Via Yahoo! News. Or, for the geeks out there, via http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070917/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq.

Hahaha.

Note: Geek link will not often be repeated. Its a PITA* and I'm lazy.

*PITA for the last time = Pain In The Ass.