Come September, what will Democrats do?

[spanone]

bu$h* will not end this war.

~snip~ WASHINGTON, June 23 — Last month, Congress set a deadline for the American commander in Iraq, declaring that by Sept. 15 he would have to assess progress there before billions more dollars are approved to finance the military effort to stabilize the country. The commander, Gen. David H. Petraeus, said in recent days that his report would be only a snapshot of trends, strongly suggesting he will be asking for more time.

But even before he composes the first sentences of the report, to be written with the new American ambassador in Baghdad, Ryan C. Crocker, the administration is commissioning other assessments that could dilute its findings about the impact of the current troop increase. The intent appears to be to give President Bush, who publicly puts great emphasis on listening to his field commanders, a wide range of options.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/24/world/middleeast/24policy.html

[n2doc]

1. SS, DD

Nothing but a lame repeat of May. Bet on it.

[MannyGoldstein]

2. They'll Huff, And they'll Puff, And They'll...

...be the guests of honor at lavish fundraisers hosted by Rupert Murdoch.

And we won't do a fucking thing about it.

Yawn.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. Prepare a comfortable spot to roll over on.

Followed by the usual excuses.

[mmonk]

4. I'm not sure.

I can tell you one thing, it could be bad or good for the democratic party. The risk for bad is high at this point unless a different path is chosen.

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Do You Really Think It's Dangerous?

Of the three Dem presidential front runners, two voted for this predictably awful war, and one of these co-sponsored the thing. I find this to be stunningly dysfunctional - but it is what it is.

Do you see any signs of a political price to be paid for continuing to support the war, as long as they support it a little less than the Republicans. I'd sure like to see some sign of it!

[mmonk]

9. Yes.

The democratic party base is not as easily fooled as the republican base.

[Solly Mack]

5. bottom-line: the dying and the lying will continue

no matter what happens in September

[spanone]

6. Should they give more time to this war, they will be losing me.

I, along with many voters, voted this fucking war gone.

[jtrockville]

8. Granting a plea for one more last chance

will result in another plea for one more last chance. Anyone who didn't see this coming didn't look too hard.

[spanone]

10. That's why the Sept. deadline was bullshit from the beginning.

Petraeus is a general/politician. A warmonger.

[DemGa]

11. Nothing n/t

[pinto]

12. I'm a Democrat and will continue to support de-funding the occupation, withdrawal

in as timely and safe a manner as is feasible. And I will continue to urge my representatives in Washington to move to that end. Agreed, Bush *won't* end this conflict.

[Buns_of_Fire]

13. They'll send an Official "Message of Disappointment" to the WH

urging BananaBreath to pretty please with whipped cream and a cherry on top please maybe consider stopping the surge and maybe even WITHDRAW a hundred or so troops.

BananaBreath will, of course, ignore it.

Then what will they do? Why, why, they'll just send ANOTHER "Message of Disappointment" to the WH. THAT'LL show 'em!

[GeorgeGist]

14. Congress set a deadline for the American commander in Iraq

which I believe is optional for Bush.