Sister Tellin’ Ya
January 28th, 2007 - 10:33 pm
From the AP:
DAVENPORT, Iowa – Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday that President Bush should withdraw all U.S. troops from Iraq before he leaves office, asserting it would be “the height of irresponsibility” to pass the war along to the next commander in chief.
When President Franklin Roosevelt died, Harry Truman was similarly left in the lurch, having to fight a war he hadn’t started. So Truman nuked the crap out of Japan and brought our boys home already.
Maybe now I finally understand what the Democrats mean by “exit strategy.”
Heh…there is just something so right with the phrase ‘nuked the crap out of…’ There isn’t any other way of putting it. You can’t ‘slightly nuke them’, can you?
Oh…I laughed out loud at that one…thanks.
Bush should announce he will be bi-partisan and follow Truman’s example.
This is just part of the Democratic strategy to do nothing about ending the war, hold hearings to highlight mistakes by the Bush administration, encourage the enemy, and demoralize our troops and allies.
If they can maximize the number of US casualties and if they can blame the GOP for the lost blood and treasure, they will maximize their chances to win the White House and more seats in Congress in 2008.
Short of cutting off the funding, there is nothing the Democrats can do to actually end the war. That is up to the president. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can’t order the troops home.
So much for the “Democratic strategy to do nothing about ending the war.”
Audient;
As the Center for American Progress (and others) have stated, Congress has the power to:
* Condition, limit, or shape the timing and nature of troop deployments and the missions they are authorized to undertake;
* Cap the size of military deployments; and
* Prohibit funding for existing or prospective deployments.
The power over the funding gives them simple, direct, and veto-proof power over what goes on in Iraq. They can bring this to a halt is short order, if they had the guts to do it.
This is a president who has taken signing statements to an unprecedented (and probably unconstitutional) level. I doubt this president would honor any strings attached to future funding of the war. I don’t think this congress can do anything to actually end this war except cut off the funding in its entirety.
Audient:
If you believe that the Bush administration would actually violate the limits placed on the money, then your party has a responsibility to make that case. In simple terms: the confrontation must be made. Do it, and push for the Constitutional crisis if it happens.
The answer is very simple: Congress votes — right now — today — on the DOD appropriations bill for next year and includes zero money for operations in Iraq. They tell the world that they will fund operations in Iraq on a quarterly basis. The Bush administration and the Iraqi government will conform to certain rules and regulations (specificed later), and Congress will monitor what goes on. The moment they screw up: the funding stops. The funding becomes a three-month-long (maximum) chain that Congress can yank anytime they feel like it.
This (and more) is how the Vietnam war was put to sleep.
Face it: Democrats now have the power to act.
They must now stop talking tough and actually do something.
They must stop making excuses and actually put together a plan.
Otherwise, their election in 2006 was just a farce.
If liberals truly believe that Iraq cannot be won, then what bizarre, twisted ethical system allows them to let this continue one single day? How can we ask young men and women to put their lives on the line simply because the majority of politicians are afraid of losing their jobs or give up a chance to win the White House?
Kevino, I’d like to know what bizarre twisted ethical system enables them to get their knickers in a twist over the surge plan and then unaimously confirm the guy who wrote it. Bush is a dope for thinking it’s worth trying, oh, hello General Petreus, glad to see you! Sounds like Eddie Haskell.
Anyway, we have’t left Japan. Sixty years later we still have troops there. The good news is that the Japanese have made significant strides towards democracy.
Hey! Hey! LBJ!
How many “heights of irresponsibility”
did you scalew today?