So the courageous and valiant Democratic Congress passed a bill yesterday to get us out of Iraq by April 1st. That would be great if it could happen. Unfortunately there are still too many Republicans that support Bush's ego and his failed war. Two hundred and one members to be exact. They will not object to his eventual veto and they certainly will not mind a few hundred more deaths of our soldiers and the countless thousands of dead Iraqi civilians.
From The Huffington Post:
WASHINGTON — The Iraqi government is achieving only spotty military and political progress, the Bush administration conceded Thursday in an assessment that war critics quickly seized on as confirmation of their dire warnings. Within hours, the House voted to withdraw U.S. troops by spring.
The House measure passed 223-201 in the Democratic-controlled chamber despite a veto threat from President Bush, who has ruled out any change in war policy before September.
"The security situation in Iraq remains complex and extremely challenging," the administration report concluded. The economic picture is uneven, it added, and the government has not yet enacted vital political reconciliation legislation.
The new Democratically led Congress has its faults, but the main problem is the President and his chickenhawks that keep the war machine turning. The Democrats know Bush will veto anything that gets in his way. And that is why we need to to fight back just as hard. Since Pelosi helped fire some artillery yesterday, she must not relent until the battle of Washington is won. That means that when Bush vetoes the bill, she must send another one just like it. Again and again the demand for troop withdrawal can not flinch or cave to Bush's demands. Ultimately the current funding will run out and then Bush has to relent. It is a war of words and political strength. The question is, have the Democrats learned their lesson from two months ago?
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