So one of the few remaining "good ole boys" has decided that he was wrong and that the US should withdraw. I have to admit I'm surprised.
Quote:
'Freedom fries' senator calls for Iraq pullout
A US Republican congressman who coined the phrase “freedom fries” has called for a US withdrawal from Iraq.
Representative Walter Jones, a North Carolina conservative, said on ABC's This Week programme that he would offer legislation this week setting a timetable for the US withdrawal from Iraq.
“I voted for the resolution to commit the troops, and I feel that we've done about as much as we can do,” said Jones .
Mr Jones led a campaign in May 2003 to rename French fries "Freedom fries" in retaliation to French opposition to the US-led invasion of Iraq. French toast was also renamed "Freedom toast."
Mr Jones said he changed his mind about the war when he attended the funeral of of a US sergeant killed in Nasiriya, Iraq, in April 2003.
"I just feel that the reason of going in for weapons of mass destruction, the ability of the Iraqis to make a nuclear weapon, that's all been proven that it was never there," Mr Jones said.
An unknown number of Iraqi civilians have died in the conflict, with some estimating 12,000 Iraqi civilians killed in the past 18 months. Some 1,700 US personnel have also died.
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I wonder if he will suggest renaming traditional American "Mom's Apple Pie" to
Humble Pie? Perhaps French Fries should now be renamed
"Opps, you were right all along and I got it wrong with my Europhobic reactionism - Fries"?
Anyway, it seems to me that public opinion is slowly turning against the war. Is that correct? To be honest, US public opinion on the war is not really reported that much over here.
Mr Mephisto