Reply #47: it is *NOT proven that simply refusing to vote for an Iraq budget request would cause Bush [View All]

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to end it. We can surmise that there would be shortfalls, but we have absolutely no way of knowing how Bush would address those.

Just accusing those Democrats who are concerned about the effect of such an action of 'cowardice' isn't much of an argument. It's just a baseless insult.

It's not 'idle speculation' that Bush would leave our troops in a bad way without noticing or caring about some budget shortfall. I can't see how some can argue about his corruption and indifference and then argue that he'd notice or care enough the welfare of the troops as they faced down those anticipated shortages. How would Congress respond to an assertion from Bush, in that case, that there is no actual mandate from them to end the occupation, just a refusal to give the troops already deployed what they need to keep them safe and secure?