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**jinnamys** · 02-24-2007, 11:56 PM

It seems that the Dems have to do SOMETHING, to register their disapproval with the status quo, and I don't see the parallels to Tonkin as clearly here, as sizeable majorities of the electorate want something done, too.

The only way the resolution is going to work is to forget about the Joint Resolution 114 and focus on how the Iraqi government can continue to gain control of the country. It would take encouragement from the US, diplomatic and military assistance, and a willingness from the Iraqi government to keep Iraq together. And until the question of how is solved, the resolution will not pass as anything except as a protest for going to war in the first place.

If complete military withdrawal is made without any committment by the US, the Democrats will show that they have not learned from Vietnam nor Afghanistan.

02-24-2007, 11:56 PM	#34
jinnamys Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 397 Senior Member	It seems that the Dems have to do SOMETHING, to register their disapproval with the status quo, and I don't see the parallels to Tonkin as clearly here, as sizeable majorities of the electorate want something done, too. The only way the resolution is going to work is to forget about the Joint Resolution 114 and focus on how the Iraqi government can continue to gain control of the country. It would take encouragement from the US, diplomatic and military assistance, and a willingness from the Iraqi government to keep Iraq together. And until the question of how is solved, the resolution will not pass as anything except as a protest for going to war in the first place. If complete military withdrawal is made without any committment by the US, the Democrats will show that they have not learned from Vietnam nor Afghanistan.
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