I think the September 2008 deadline the Democrats have specified in the House appropriations bill for the funding of the occupation of Iraq is more than generous.
To all of the Republicans in denial of reality who think the pitifully inept George Bush will be hampered by a timetable for troop withdrawl, the whole point to winning is that the ENEMY CAN’T GET BACK UP. The enemy must be DOWN, so that NOTHING the enemy tries to do is effective — whether or not they know the date we’ll be leaving!
If we can’t impose order on Iraq in another 18 months, then it can’t be done. If all is peaceful by then, we won’t need a military presence there, will we? Put up or shut up, Republicans. If George Bush and Dick Cheney were men, and not the chicken hawks they are, they’d accept this deadline as a challenge. “Bring ’em on”.
I wonder how many more American soldiers and civilian contractors will die or be maimed between now and September 2008?
Bush’s deadline is January 20, 2009. He wants to leave the solution up to the next president.
Bush’s statement to the press about this was sad, and pathetic. He was grasping at straws, no, at threads. What a waste of human life and dignity. He pointed out that the close vote meant the House wasn’t really sure, and could be persuaded back on his track. He kept calling this an “artificial timeline.” I guess the dead coming back (and not being photographed) will be artificially dead, then, huh?