....But Republican opponents argued that Congress had no business dictating how long troops would be deployed and suggested Democrats were simply trying to score political points from an unpopular war….

This is basically the same thing that the shrub said today. He said that Congress is overstepping their Constitutional authority to even be discussing these matters, and that basically, in so many words, their only job is to just shut-up and FUND THE TROOPS. That’s pretty much what he said.

So in other words, since Congress is supposed to be US, and since we’re trying to do something about him, his response to them, (meaning all of us) is to just STFU, and hand over the money.

He’s going to be there until the heist is complete, and as long as we keep giving him the money, nothing will change. Maybe when they finally have to start spending some of their own money…the billions they’ve stolen through all of their war profiteering, it might make a difference. But, that’s not going to happen until we 1)cut off all funding for war, and impeach the SOB’s.

Otherwise, this is where we’ll be well after the Election, if it happens.

No doubt we will have some more Democrat’s on the Hill after ‘08.
That is the one good thing about the Shrub; he has pointed out the fallacies of the neo-con movement where everyone can see them. Granted some are wearing welders masks and claim that they can’t see anything wrong. Some could be shown a video of Shrub having inimate relations with Bambi and say that just proves he loves nature.
But the rest of us are fully aware of the charades that he, or rather Der Karl, has engineered.
Now, it is up to us to unite and get behind the candidates that will bring America back to its original greatness. We just have to figure out who they are. Lotsa luck on that.

Vietnam combat veteran Jim Webb knows first-hand about the stress on the troops and the poor decision-making in Washington, DC.

He is different from the “chicken hawks” supporting longer tours of duty and endless expenditures of blood and funds for the invasion and occupation of Iraq.

The similarities between the Vietnam War and the invasion and occupation of Iraq seem important.

Also similar are the turning points in public opinion about the Vietnam War and the situation in Iraq.

This is looked at in the article:

“Americans felt turning points on Vietnam, Iraq wars in ‘70, ‘07”

American Chronicle
July 11, 2007

http://americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=31984

About 5 more democrat senators elected in 2008 and about 25 more representatives ought to do it. Not only can this war be ended, the “reforms” of the republican congress since 1994 can be undone. How about laws protecting union organizers from predators like WalMart? Putting outfits like Haliburton & Blackwater Security out of business? Reverting the Bankruptcy Act back to it’s 1978 standard? Ending the loan shark practices of banks and credit card companies? Socialized Medicine( I don’t care what it’s called)? Raising the minimum wage to $12.50/hr.? Above all else, the US minds it’s own business and gets it’s own house in order. If we’re going to stick our noses in everybody’s business, bring back the draft and start at the top, not the bottom.