Whether you want to believe it or not, the Democratic Party went along with the war. When it became apparent that it was all based on incorrect information (misleading, if you like) they postured and yelled and screamed, and when it came down to the crunch, they caved to the Bush administration, just like they’re doing now on the funding bill.
The deal would lack a key provision Democrats had attached to previous funding bills calling for most U.S. troops to come home from Iraq by the end of 2008, which would be a significant legislative victory for Bush.
Democrats admit such a move would be highly controversial within their own party.
No shit. There is only one thing that is going to stop this war and all the ill that has come from it. Stop the money. When there’s no money, there’re no payckecks, there’s no equipment, there’s no war. Troops will have to come home. As long as the Democrats keep giving George W. Bush $$, they are culpable in American deaths and all of the bad things that have happened since we decided to go to war (that I very regrettably supported.)
Note to Nancy and Harry: You don’t have to worry that people will label you as unsupportive of the troops. Most of us are on your side now, and know that “supporting the troops” means getting them the hell outta there.