WTF Is It Now?!?

Seven republican Senators flip-flop on surge resolution debate
Plus: the Defense Department's top military officer bitchslaps the White House, minions.

Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing [Awol von Stupid]'s new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.

"Monday's procedural vote should not be interpreted as any lessening of our resolve to go forward advocating the concepts" of the resolution, the letter by John 'waffle' Warner, Chuck 'hotcakes' Hagel and five other GOP supporters of the resolution said. "The current stalemate is unacceptable to us and to the people of this country."

A top Pentagon leader weighed in yesterday on the war debate and appeared to undercut the argument advanced by the White House and many GOP lawmakers that a congressional debate challenging the Bush plan would hurt troop morale.

"There's no doubt in my mind that the dialogue here in Washington strengthens our democracy. Period," Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said.

Fuck you, pukes.