BUSH BASHERS CLUB

[John266]

what a pos:

White House: Bush Would Veto House Troop Drawdown BillLast update: 7/12/2007 12:24:35 PMWASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Moments after President George W. Bush urged lawmakers to support his surge strategy, the White House issued a formal threat to veto a House bill that would require U.S. troops to begin exiting Iraq in 120 days and end a pullout by April 1. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., is expected to come up for a vote Thursday. "This legislation would substitute the judgments of politicians for the considered judgment of our military commanders," the Office of Management and Budget said in a statement of administration policy. "If H.R. 2956 were presented to the president, he would veto the bill." The veto threat is not a surprise. Briefing reporters Thursday, Bush reiterated he view that leaving Iraq now would be "a disaster." He said lawmakers should wait for U.S. Gen. David Petraeus to deliver his report on the administration's surge strategy in September before making judgments on the plan's success. "I don't think Congress ought to be running the war. I think they ought to be funding our troops," Bush said. "I'm certainly interested in their opinion. But trying to run a war through resolution is a prescription for failure, as far as I'm concerned, and we can't afford to fail." -By Henry J. Pulizzi, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9256; [e-mail] (END) Dow Jones NewswiresJuly 12, 2007 12:24 ET (16:24 GMT)