WASHINGTON — Two prominent Senate Republicans have drafted legislation that would require President George W. Bush by the end of the year to dramatically narrow the mission of U.S. troops in Iraq, putting a more bipartisan imprint on congressional disaffection with the war.
The legislation, which represents a sharp challenge to Bush from members of his own party, was put forward Friday by Sens. John Warner and Richard Lugar and it came as the Pentagon acknowledged that a decreasing number of Iraqi army battalions are able to operate independently of U.S. troops.
Both of these men should be hanged as traitors.