What a surprise. Even when I'm on vacation Congress acts as I predicted. Congress has continued their descent into the history books as a do-nothing Congress. The Senate has now passed a bill that would fund the troops, but also set a date for withdrawal.
What makes these Senators think that the president will not veto this bill while still in the hands of the messenger boy? Do they have the 2/3 to back this up (NO)?
First of all, it is simply a dumb idea to have a "withdrawal date." All that this date would do is tell insurgents when to attack. As I have said before, I believe that cutting the funding would be the absolute worst thing to do, we need to finish this war with our boots on the ground.
However, if Congress does not want this war to go on any further they need to cut the funding all together, they have the power to do so. If they want to stop the war, they can do it. But they just keep playing "cover my ass" politics. So when the 2008 elections roll around they can say they "tried." They don't want our troops to retreat, they just don't want to agree with the Republicans.
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