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The Democrats only have three options:
1) Maintain their hardline convictions and continue to introduce bills that provide for phased redeployment to begin immediately (along with other conditions)
2) Not introduce any bills or block any Republican bills that are introduced
3) Try to build consensus on a new strategy (including an exit strategy) with moderate Republicans who no longer believe the Bush strategy is working
The first option is the most noble, but will not achieve the desired results in the current environment in Congress
The second option is the most irresponsible and would result in the cut-off of all funding, endangering the troops and, without some type of meaningful transisiton, creating even greater short-term chaos in Iraq.
The third option is the only one that can potentially result in achieving the goal of a meaningful change of US policy and strategy in Iraq.
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"The perfect is the enemy of the good."
~ Voltaire
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