Daily Feingold
This body has failed time and again to debate the direction of our country’s policy in Iraq. Three years ago the President landed on an aircraft carrier and declared “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq. Today, with thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars spent, we are still no closer to a policy that lifts the burden from our troops and taxpayers, and that actually makes our country safer from the terrorist networks that seek to hurt us...
That is why I filed an amendment requiring the Pentagon to draw up a flexible timeline for redeployment of U.S. forces from Iraq by the end of this year.
From "Statement of US Senator Russ Feingold"
You know how you start something for silly reasons and then that something takes on a life of its own and you keep doing it without thinking about why or how you'll stop? And then, even if you want to, you can't easily stop doing it because it's got its own raison d'etre and you've become so used to doing what was once anomalous you can't imagine yourself without it. I'm talking about my Russ Feingold posts- what did you think I was talking about? Oh the war in Iraq. Well, I suppose you're right. They are similar in that regard.
Well then how thoughtful of Russ Feingold to offer some vision for bringing the military mission in Iraq to an end.
2 comments:
That is why I filed an amendment requiring the Pentagon to draw up a flexible timeline for Robert to stop with the daily Feingold posts. :)
I would like to co-sponsor that amendment.
Democrats have a rather bad history of bringing military missions to an end, when they get actual power to do so.
And also... not liking a plan or vision is not the same as there not being one. Since when we started we were talking about Saddam's government, and now we are talking about an entirely different elected government, training their army rather than fighting their army, I'd say there has in fact been a plan.
Not saying there's a plan, even for a long time, doesn't make that a true statement.
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