Democrats only chance to end the war is to withdraw funding.

[spanone]

we know what petreaus is going to say...we know what the WH & cheney want....

we know there is no 'negotiating' with this cabal

bu$h* will NEVER end this war...,.Never. he has escalated it by 30.000 some troops this year alone under the guise of the surge.

STOP THE WAR NOW!!!!!!

[mmonk]

1. The leadership had rather play games

and still send bills through advancing the war but with "ear marks" for withdrawal.

[NYVet]

2. How about we wait to see what he has to say

instead of putting words in his mouth?

[spanone]

3. it doesn't matter what he says....generals don't make policy... they implement it.

[EVDebs]

5. The report is being written by the White House

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1590611

[bryant69]

4. That would be an interesting fight

I note that Rush has been urging this course of action for a while now; presumably because it will be easy to demonize.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[SteveM]

6. I agree that Bush will not stop the war, but will de-funding work?

Consider Bush's personality: he is utterly rigid and when need be, confrontational. In other words, if you confront him, he will come back on you even harder (something Democrats don't seem to understand). I can imagine a scenario where some kind of de-funding is advanced and Bush, in response, strips funding from other government programs (in and out of the military) in order to: (1) advance his steel-hard ideology; and (2) show his enemies that he can beat them down.

If anyone wants to try to stop the war, impeach him or, preferably, Cheney.

[spanone]

7. Congress holds the purse strings....it's their only trump card.

although I would love to see them impeached, tens of thousands would die before that ever happened....defund now.