[lbo-talk] Iraq: on the way out?

[Doug Henwood]

[The Daily Show's Rob Corddry had a great routine last night about 
Iraq: if you lied your way in, you've got to lie your way out. So, 
things will be going great by mid-2006, time to leave!]

<http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/TheNote/story?id=156238>

With the move today in the Senate led by Dr./Leader/Sen. Frist to 
head off a Democratic effort to (let's face it) bring the troops 
home, facts on the ground be darned, the Congress is now hurtling 
down the slippery slope.

"Stay the course," "be patient," "show resolve," and "don't let the 
terrorists win" are, apparently not compatible with the 2006 
sensibilities of a majority that wants to stay a majority.

Make no mistake - Frist and Sen. Warner don't want to tie White House 
hands as much as Sens. Reid and Kennedy do. But Gulliver is going on 
his back, and the Republican leadership has decided that they must at 
least be seen helping tie him down.