Dubya Would Get The Last Laugh

And knowing The Decider, that may be a literal way to put it as opposed to merely a figurative one.

For reasons that are probably too numerous to list here, I support California Rep. Maxine Waters and the Out of Iraq Caucus’s call for supplemental troop funding on condition of an exit by our troops on December 31st of this year, and I categorically reject the legislation on Iraq proposed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House Democrats (one reason is the “waiver” provision, and at this point, Dubya deserves a “waiver” for absolutely nothing).

Another reason I do want to point out, though, is that, if the Pelosi/Obey/Murtha legislation is passed (and Repugs in the House will have to join in, and though I wish that would happen, I don’t think it will because most of the Repugs still – unbelievably, at this point – consider themselves tethered to Dubya on Iraq), and makes it through the Senate (where all Dem-sponsored legislation thus far has died anyway), and somehow isn’t vetoed by President Brainless, then it will have given Dubya an “escape hatch” all the same.

It will ensure our military presence in Iraq quite likely (for all intents and purposes) though the end of Dubya’s nightmare of a presidency. The "fall of 2008" deadline means he would be able to start washing his hands of the matter, so to speak, immediately after the November 2008 election results.

One of the reasons why this is bad is that George W. Bush must be forced, at long last, to start acting like a president for a change (I’d settle for acting like a grownup at this point) and face the consequences of his actions without the benefit of our military, which he can continue to sacrifice with impunity, and the “fall of 2008” resolution would not do that; the supplemental troop funding request by Waters and the Out Of Iraq caucus, though, would force Dubya, at long last, to exercise the “surge in diplomacy” that has been called for for so long by Patrick Murphy, among others, from December 31st through January 20, 2009, the day this pretender finally is gone (barring impeachment, of course).

Putting aside the primary consideration of the safety and preparedness of our troops, calling for a December 31st exit would force Dubya to exercise something like diplomacy instead of his cowardly saber-rattling, requiring that other people fight, suffer, struggle and die for his own incompetence. He would be forced to “work without a net” in an attempt to end the Iraq carnage and face the hideous reality for which he bears primary responsibility.

But of course, people have covered for this man for his entire life, and I sadly expect this case to be no different.

Update: The "three percent non-solution," if you will...