Letters to the Editor
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The Way Forward
The House has already scheduled an override vote, the Senate should do the same. While I don't believe that the overrides will pass, it will be the equivalent of asking those who voted against the appropriation "Are you really sure?". I suspect that this will make the vote closer than one might think as those who voted against the original bill look at their chances in November 2008.
Is this a political ploy? Sure it is. But then the reason we're in Iraq is because Junior and the rest of the Republicans were looking for an issue back before the 2002 elections that could be used to make the Democrats look soft on "Terrism". The entire war is a political ploy gotten out of control.
It would only be fitting for the Dems to schedule the override vote, have it fail, then send up a straight bill, without any guidelines or other extrraneous clauses and announce that the bill is being passed in the face of Dim Son's obstinance and willingness to let the troops twist in the wind rather than accept responsibility for his war of choice or to accept any measure of performance while the situation continues to deteriorate.
The Congress should then get on to other tasks, such as health care, education, global warming, or continuing to provide a window into the operations of an uttrely corrupt Administration via its investigations that also need attention.