Reid: Someone Tell Bush the War in Iraq is Lost

[rmnunez]

A Democrat in the customary pose (here termed “relenting”, a “concession”):

But wait, it gets better:

The agreement with the White House and Republicans would be tied to approval of as much as $20 billion in domestic spending sought by Democrats, as well as an increase in the minimum wage.

What either have to do with Iraq is anyone's guess, probably pure pork-barrel.

Principled opposition or Democrat dissassembly?

“I cannot support a bill that contains nothing more than toothless benchmarks and that allows the president to continue what may be the greatest foreign policy blunder in our nation’s history,” (Sen. Feingold) said. “There has been a lot of tough talk from members of Congress about wanting to end this war, but it looks like the desire for political comfort won out over real action. Democrats Drop Troop Pullout Dates From Iraq Bill - New York Times

[Mozart1220]

Minimum wage increases and farm sunbsidies are NOT "pork barrel".

Why is any money spent in America for Americans "pork barrel" or worse, "socialism'?

[rmnunez]

Bush on Iraq: If they ask us to go, we'll leave

"We are there at the invitation of the Iraqi government. This is a sovereign nation. Twelve million people went to the polls to approve a constitution. It's their government's choice,’’ the president said during a Rose Garden news conference. "If they were to say leave, we would leave." Bush: If Iraq Says Leave, "We Would Leave.", By Patrick O'Connor - CBS News

Bush is ready for a pullout. Incidentally, as Bush uttered those words, a pigeon crapped on his suit, you can see Bush wipe it off.

[Century 25]

"I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it. "

...Dwight D. Eisenhower

"When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die."

...Jean-Paul Sartre