Political show on Capitol Hill
The Petraeus/Crocker testimony is nothing but a show. It's posturing on all sides. It's about politics. It's about Washington. It's only secondarily about the war.
The policy is not going to change while George Bush is President. There aren't 60 votes in this Senate for anything about this war except to continue funding it....
Meanwhile, in the actual war, Sadr ups the ante.
(This comes after Sadr tried to create the impression of Sistani and the Shiite clerics' authorizing his militia. Read here.)
Later: We did learn that McCain's campaign strategy will be Al Qaeda in Iraq (even if it's not supported by the facts or commanders on the ground.)
The policy is not going to change while George Bush is President. There aren't 60 votes in this Senate for anything about this war except to continue funding it....
Meanwhile, in the actual war, Sadr ups the ante.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened Tuesday to lift a seven-month freeze on his militia if the Iraqi government does not halt attacks on his followers or set a timetable for a U.S. withdrawal.
(This comes after Sadr tried to create the impression of Sistani and the Shiite clerics' authorizing his militia. Read here.)
Later: We did learn that McCain's campaign strategy will be Al Qaeda in Iraq (even if it's not supported by the facts or commanders on the ground.)
posted by mikevotes at
1:35 PM
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"The policy is not going to change while George Bush is President. There aren't 60 votes in this Senate for anything about this war except to continue funding it...."
And since the war is really about the money to be made with Iraq's resources, I'm pulled toward the thought that the majority of Congress must be somehow being enriched by this debacle.
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Anonymous, at 2:34 PM
Maybe. But I think it's more about politics. Those on the far right saying press on. Those on the left saying get out.
And those wanting to appear in the middle who won't vote for either sides measures.
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mikevotes, at 2:42 PM
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