President vows to veto bill to help troops

[debgeisler]

It's about time someone spun this the other way. I'll volunteer to help write the headlines.

From CNN Online today:

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The House of Representatives on Friday voted 218-212 to approve an emergency $124 billion supplemental war spending bill that includes a firm deadline -- August 31, 2008 -- for combat troops to leave Iraq.

More than an hour after the vote, President Bush said that "a narrow majority in the House" had abdicated its responsibility to protect the troops, denouncing the vote as "political theater."

Bush said the vote had only one outcome: "It delays the delivery of vital resources for our troops."

He repeated his promise to veto the legislation if it reaches his desk.

Welll, Dubya, the only way "it delays" is if you veto it.

Alas, the bill is unlikely to go through the Senate with the deadline intact.