Originally Posted by aceventura3

In that case the Democratic Party should offer an alternative plan, not benchmarks. Why not the Biden plan?

The compromise was Vetoed by Bush...in case you hadn't heard.

If the Democrats and the majority of US voters want a new direction, the Democrats need to force the issue.

They just tried, and failed because of a lack of votes to override a veto.

I don't want to discuss it any further, but this is why I had a problem with the confirmation of General Patraus. The Democrats should have forced the adoption of a new plan at that moment in time, now we have wasted more lives, time and resources.

We?.....you mean the collective American WE?
Or the republican power structure responsible for the War?

When will the Democrats take a stand, if they won't do it now with Bush's popularity below 30%, and when most people in Iraq want us out, when will they ever do it? Bush will push his Iraq agenda until the day he leaves office, we all know that. And, Bush is almost certain not to compromise anything material unless forced, we all know that too. So we sit, wait while they play games in Washington.