Amnesty????????????

Okay, am I missing something? I read somewhere (I think it was DailyKos, DU) that some Republican Senators, including Ted Stevens and Mitch McConnell were all for the idea of amnesty for insurgents in Iraq, even if they killed Americans. And yet, there was no mention of that on the Sunday morning shows that I watched this morning: Meet the Press, Face the Nation. This Week was pre-empted here. Did anyone catch anything that I did not hear? I would like to know what Senators support the idea of amnesty and what, if anything, the Senate or House is going to do about it. I seem to remember Senator Nelson from Florida discussing this on the floor of the Senate. Did Russ Feingold say anything and I just missed it? Fill me in will you, DUers. Thanks

Feingold mentioned it and against it ....

http://www.abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/IraqCoverage/story?id=2116569&page=1

Bipartisan Senators Oppose Insurgent Amnesty

June 25, 2006 — In an exclusive appearance on "This Week with George Stephanopoulos," Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., rejected Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's plan for insurgent amnesty, saying, "Granting amnesty to people who have killed Americans is not acceptable and I don't believe that is what the Iraqi government wants to do."

Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., also appearing exclusively on "This Week," concurred.

"I can understand the concept of reconciliation, but there's also a concept of responsibility," said Durbin, the second highest ranking Democrat in the Senate. " would you want to leave your son in uniform as an American solider in that country?"

The newly installed Maliki issued a 24-point national reconciliation plan to Iraq's parliament on Sunday, including amnesty for insurgents who had not committed acts of terrorism. On "This Week," McConnell downplayed the possibility that those who had killed or injured American soldiers might escape justice.

"We don't expect that to happen," McConnell told chief Washington correspondent Stephanopolous.

But Durbin cautioned, "Think of the lives we have put on the line," suggesting Maliki's call for amnesty could include terror leaders, and repeating such a scenario is "not acceptable."

Reflecting on a week in which the Senate rejected three varying proposals for setting a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq, McConnell insisted, "The Congress ought not to be dictating to the generals what the tactics are."

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To be honest, as abhorrent as I think the idea is, if it will help bring our troops home I'll all for it. It's part of the same Iraqi government plan that calls for us to set a timetable.

I don't care if it does bring us "Peace Without Honor".