House has just approved Iraq War Withdrawal Timetable

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It's a first step to defunding the war or forcing Bush to change course in a meaningful way.

To mean that the only "meaningful way" is to leave, right?

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Yours words - not mine. I'm not an all or nothing sort of guy, I think there is plenty of middle ground to be had on this issue.

I just ask, because of the praise Gates and Petraeus received when being selected to their posts and their proposed change in strategy by Bush's opponents, just to have those same people trying to pull the resources and support they need to implement the new strategy before it even has a chance to get off the ground. 

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I'm old enough to remember surge after surge in Vietnam and what that amounted to - so are some of the members of Congress.

So am I, and I'm sad to see Congress trying to repeat their past mistakes.  Let the military do their job so the country can succeed.