Leaving Iraq, Honorably
If there were more Republican Senators like Chuck Hagel we wouldn't have had to flip the entire congress over in the last election. They'd have been doing their jobs, providing a little oversight on the boy-king. Chuck is one of the few saying these things for more than a year, along with Murtha. This entire editorial is a must read but these two paragraphs are the most telling.
There will be no victory or defeat for the United States in Iraq. These terms do not reflect the reality of what is going to happen there. The future of Iraq was always going to be determined by the Iraqis -- not the Americans.Check out the rest of his opinion by clicking "More Here" below!
We are destroying our force structure, which took 30 years to build. We've been funding this war dishonestly, mainly through supplemental appropriations, which minimizes responsible congressional oversight and allows the administration to duck tough questions in defending its policies. Congress has abdicated its oversight responsibility in the past four years.
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