The big news of last week was of course the House passing a resolution disapproving of the President's Iraq "surge" plan.  But the actual text has seldom been published in any newspaper article about it.  Do you wonder why?  Well, let's have a look at it:"Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), that:1. Congress and the American people will continue to support and protectthe members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who haveserved bravely and honorably in Iraq and2. Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W Bushannounced on 10 January 10 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additionalUnited States combat troops to Iraq."Like I suspect many of you may have, I found myself surprised when I read the actual resolution after hearing and reading about it for days.  What was it about the actual words of the resolution that was so different than how it was being spun in the media?  Here are...(Read Full Post)