Contemptible Strategy
Why am completely unsurprised that it is being spearheaded by a completely contemptible man like John "Unindicted Co-conspirator" Murtha. The Politico is reporting the cowardly way Murtha and his fellow travelers plan to put the lives of American troops in jeopardy.
Top House Democrats, working in concert with anti-war groups, have decided against using congressional power to force a quick end to U.S. involvement in Iraq, and instead will pursue a slow-bleed strategy designed to gradually limit the administration's options.
Led by Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and supported by several well-funded anti-war groups, the coalition's goal is to limit or sharply reduce the number of U.S. troops available for the Iraq conflict, rather than to openly cut off funding for the war itself.
The legislative strategy will be supplemented by a multimillion-dollar TV ad campaign designed to pressure vulnerable GOP incumbents into breaking with President Bush and forcing the administration to admit that the war is politically unsustainable.
As described by participants, the goal is crafted to circumvent the biggest political vulnerability of the anti-war movement — the accusation that it is willing to abandon troops in the field. That fear is why many Democrats have remained timid in challenging Bush, even as public support for the president and his Iraq policies have plunged.
They frankly do not care how much damage they do to the United States in their blind lust for political power, do they? They frankly don't care that they will, in effect, tie the hands of the military commanders with this strategy. They haven't the courage to actually vote for their convictions and instead pull a stealth campaign like this.
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By James, February 15, 2007 @ 12:36 am
>to gradually limit the administration’s options.
Point of order: The Bush Administration as of now has no useful options to end the fighting in Iraq; It has already been pointed out that there are no good options in Iraq. Military already knows this.
This so-called strategy is useless for that purpose.
As for increasing troop strenght there is simply no more troops to do the job even if the administration wanted to really take control of Baghdad, let alone Iraq.
This is about the 2008 presidential election, and Bush is going to help the Democrats on this subject. Both Bush and the Dem congress will drag the situation out till the next election because they are powerless to do anything else. Bush, has boxed himself in with no tools left to change anything on the ground; Congress because they too have little ability to change things in any real sense; but hammer away at Bush and the GOP in the political arena.
The question is when will the troops return: End of 2007, Mid-2008, End of 2008, or after a new president in 2009?
By Brad S, February 15, 2007 @ 8:14 pm
…The question is when will the troops return: End of 2007, Mid-2008, End of 2008, or after a new president in 2009?…
Oh, in about a generation. I know my military history well enough to know that we will have permanent basing in Iraq. You are aware that we still have personnel in Kosovo, correct? So why aren’t we calling that a “failure?”
BTW, can you conclusively prove to me that Iraq is a failure?