Democrats Playing Smart
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid issued a joint letter to President Bush today, urging him to abandon the insanity of increasing troop levels in Iraq, and to begin bringing troops home in 4 to 6 months. Aside from cutting funding for the troops (which would be politically stupid), the Democrats have no control over the President's executive decisions regarding Iraq.
Bush will probably go ahead and send more troops to Iraq anyways; There is a sad desire to Fail Big and then go home. As King and I have argued in the past, more troops are not going to end the civil war. We learned that lesson in Vietnam.
The Democrats are playing this well. They are focusing on the Budget by pushing through domestic legislation on PAYGO and ethics reforms, all while keeping pressure on Bush to get out of Iraq. When Bush ignores them and sends more troops, it will hurt both his legacy and McCain's chances at the Presidency. Indeed, the best thing Bush could do for Republicans in pull out of Iraq now. At least then they can continue peddling the myth that sending more troops may have helped.
Posted by Peter
Bush will probably go ahead and send more troops to Iraq anyways; There is a sad desire to Fail Big and then go home. As King and I have argued in the past, more troops are not going to end the civil war. We learned that lesson in Vietnam.
The Democrats are playing this well. They are focusing on the Budget by pushing through domestic legislation on PAYGO and ethics reforms, all while keeping pressure on Bush to get out of Iraq. When Bush ignores them and sends more troops, it will hurt both his legacy and McCain's chances at the Presidency. Indeed, the best thing Bush could do for Republicans in pull out of Iraq now. At least then they can continue peddling the myth that sending more troops may have helped.
Posted by Peter
posted by PWN at 1:02 PM
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