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Congress in a war it can't win
Jules Crittenden, Pajamas MediaAn American Congress has got itself into a war it cant win. It is stuck. Cant move forward, cant move back. And Congress is starting to take casualties. It doesnt know which way to turn. Its a quagmire. The situation is dire, and congressmen everywhere are increasingly beleaguered. They have been unable to come up with any strategy for success, but more seriously, they havent been able to agree on a strategy for failure. One of their leading lights, Rep. John Murtha, has already been reduced to an object of derision and the danger is he will drag more of them down with him. Congress spent four days four days! yammering earnestly, and then cast a strong, uncompromising, forceful non-binding resolution with a self-negating caveat. The president of the United States, in reaction to this devastating congressional shock-and-awe campaign, said, Thank you, that was interesting. Since then, the Senate minority, wielding flimsy, antiquated procedural weapons, has tied down the Democratic juggernaut in the Senate. The situation is increasingly desperate. Americans, who had seen in the Democratic Congress a chance to extricate themselves from an unpopular conflict, appear to be coming to the conclusion that Bushs war is a more attractive choice than the Democratic peace. . . . Posted by: Mike 2007-02-22 |
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