Republican rebel continues: Another Senator breaks ranks with Bush admin

It just looks that President Bush would remain the lone supporter of ‘War in Iraq’ in the US Senate when he bids adieu to the White House by the fall of next year. For the war in Iraq or (as people call it) unholy war has not only drawn criticism worldwide but even the members of his own party (Republican) – who were once its stern supporters – are refraining themselves from being a part of this critical issue. Bush administration underwent another setback in a fortnight when Sen. Pete V. Domenici (N.M.) separated himself from President Bush on war on Iraq and pushed for an immediate change in U.S. policy to end the war by 2008 spring after Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar’s pulled himself back last week. Domenici, adding his voice of dissent over the Iraq war, asserted, We cannot continue asking our troops to sacrifice indefinitely while the Iraqi government is not making measurable progress. I do not support an immediate withdrawal from Iraq or a reduction in funding for our troops. But I do support a new strategy that will move our troops out of combat operations and on the path to coming home. Domenici, a six-term lawmaker and party loyalist, started to question America’s stance on Iraq after several conversations with the family members of dead soldiers from his home state. Moreover, it has also become clear that Iraqi leaders are making little progress than expected, in the direction of national integration by bringing different factions close to each other. An administration report on military and political progress – resulting from the president’s troop-increase plan – is due to publish in the middle of September in Iraq. Now more Republicans quitting, the major stance or issue, and that too in bulk is in no way gonna help the cause for the GOP. A number of Republican Senators in the Congress have already expressed their concerns about the decision to send 30,000 extra troops to Iraq in a massive U.S. security push.