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Originally Posted by aceventura3
In that case the Democratic Party should offer an alternative plan, not benchmarks. Why not the Biden plan?
If the Democrats and the majority of US voters want a new direction, the Democrats need to force the issue.
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.
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.
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The way I see it (which is not necessarily the way the world is working at the moment), our government isn't supposed to be run by the Democratic and Republican parties. It's supposed to be run by the Legislative and Executive branches, with occasional mediation by the Judiciary. It would be entirely appropriate for Congress, when giving money, to indicate what the money should be buying. Further, it would be appropriate for the Executive to figure out how to do those things with the money. I suppose that is the basis for the unfortunately inarticulate "commander guy" comment.