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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Bush's plan does not have public support or, according to many in the military,the highest likelihood of success.
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I think we already established the fact that the Bush plan does not have the support it needs.
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He, as Commander in Chief, is the one who has the greater responsibility to initiate serious discussions with both parties in Congress to develop a plan that the public can support and may actually work to stablize Iraq and get us out of the mess his failed plans (or the more inexcusable and indefensable lack of initial planning for post-Saddam) to-date have created.....
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I am in the present as Congress should be.
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rather than digging his heels and saying "I'm the decision-maker" and this plan (the third or fourth "new way forward") will work "'because I told them it had to."
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Bush has been the same man for his 6 years in office. He is not going to change. He presented his plan and is going to act accordingly. I know this, you know it and so does Congress. That is why Congress needs to be proactive.
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You are absolutely right..I dont see it the same way as Fox News (William Kristol), the Wash Times editorial page (Tony Blankly), or other talking heads, editorial pundits and right wing blogs that have supported Bush's Iraq policy from the beginning without ever raising a question.
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You give the impression that this is an issue I created in my imagination. Even if you don't see the hypocrisy, are you saying its not an issue. At least say Congress has a strategy in play to move Bush in another direction other than sending him a letter. It is easy to take shots at someone's plan, it is another thing to put your own convictions on the line. congress is not showing leadership, I know you can see that.