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The House of Representatives on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a symbolic resolution calling for the removal of troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

The resolution, sponsored by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and a group of mainly liberal members who argue the war cannot be won, was defeated 356 to 65, with only five Republicans and 60 Democrats backing it.

Democratic leaders took up the measure knowing it would not pass, but wanted to give frustrated liberals a chance to register their opposition to the Afghanistan policies of President Obama, who last December announced an increase of 30,000 troops to fight the Taliban and stabilize the government in Afghanistan.

The resolution led to an unusual three-hour debate on war policy, one of the few formal House floor sessions on Afghanistan since the U.S. sent troops there in 2001 following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Some Republicans passionately praised Obama for his policies on Afghanistan during the debate, while many liberal Democrats angrily denounced the continuing U.S. involvement there, although most refrained from attacking Obama directly. Neither party's leadership formally instructed their members to take one side or the other in the debate as they do on most important votes.

"The military escalation cements the path of the United States down the road of previous occupiers that earned Afghanistan its nickname as the 'graveyard of empires," said Kucinich.
I just thought I'd post this to present an example of what real liberals are like. I get so tired of the characterization of Obama and other Democrats as Marxists and soft on terror and national defense.

They are centrists.

Kucinich and the others who voted for this resolution are real progressives and real indepents (even the Republicans).

There's a difference.

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