Republicans??

Two Republican U.S. congressmen just back from a trip to Iraq urged President Bush on Tuesday to accept an independent panel to audit U.S. operations there, and called on him to acknowledge mistakes that they said set back Iraq's recovery by months.

Reps. Frank Wolf of Virginia and Christopher Shays of Connecticut also urged the administration to give Iraqis a bigger voice in rebuilding their own country, and to show more "humility" in sharing power and being open to differing ideas.

Wolf and Shays, who said they believed they were the only congressmen to travel in Iraq outside U.S. military auspices, also said Bush should redouble efforts to get more international help in Iraq including creating an alliance modeled on NATO to develop Iraq's law enforcement.

They also called on him to appoint a special envoy -- possibly former President George H.W. Bush -- to focus on the Arab-Israeli conflict, saying Mideast peace was key to stemming terrorism worldwide.   article

Don't hold your breath, fellas. Time to go to work now.

Impeach.


Shays said the administration "wasted two months" after the major conflict in Iraq, and the administration should "acknowledge that, be upfront about miscalculations. It gives more validity to what you say afterward because people know you're speaking honestly."

These guys really don't know His Slowliness, do they?

The lawmakers said the White House should let an outside team examine the U.S. military operation, look into efforts to rebuild the country and try to determine whether tax dollars were being wasted. The team should also look at attempts to gain support of the Iraqi people, and what will happen when the U.S.-led provisional authority dissolves as the administration said it will do in early summer, they said.

Hahahahahahaha.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.