President Crybaby
I realize that the non-binding resolution opposing the "surge" which passed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday is designed to symbolically show the president, "we have the votes to stop you" (which may or may not be true), but I hope they realize that Bush doesn't give a damn what Congress thinks.
In an interview, Pelosi also said she was puzzled by what she considered the president's minimalist explanation for his confidence in the new surge of 21,500 U.S. troops that he has presented as the crux of a new "way forward" for U.S. forces in Iraq."He's tried this two times — it's failed twice," the California Democrat said. "I asked him at the White House, 'Mr. President, why do you think this time it's going to work?' And he said, 'Because I told them it had to.' "
Asked if the president had elaborated, she added that he simply said, " 'I told them that they had to.' That was the end of it. That's the way it is."
She also said during the interview in her spacious Capitol suite that no one else in the White House had asked her what she would do, or what the administration should do about Iraq.
Gotta love that throwaway line--"her spacious Capitol suite"--that suggests great power removed from ordinary concerns, in an article that portrays the president as boy-king throwing a tantrum; "Because I told them it had to."
WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!
This is what the Democrats need to understand. Bush isn't going to sit down and get advice and make an informed decision. He has already decided: "we're staying in Iraq until I leave office." It's as simple as that. If you take this as your base assumption, then the course is clear: force him to change course. Introduce binding resolutions. And if that happens, Democrats should internalize another fact about this president: he doesn't care about the law, either. Will he accede to a binding resolution? I somehow doubt it. That's what is so precarious about this situation. And perhaps some lawmakers realize this and wish to avoid a Constitutional crisis. Just remember, avoidance is paid for with blood. Ball's in your court, Dems.