ferdville said:
Then why didn't they do anything to stop him until the flap over WMD? And why don't the Dems stand up in mass and force somethng? Do you think that some of them are worried about what the voters might think? It is all politics. The Dems had their chance and have had chance after chance since then but they cannot mobilize enough force among themselves to have a major effect. Cindy Sheehan has created more of a fuss than they have. Again, I ask why?
Fred,
The reason is that the WMD thing was the reason a majority gave him free reign to go there. When none showed up, of course that would be the demarcation line. They did NOT give him free reign to rebuild, mold, try to hopelessly democracize Iraq, have our guys getting blown up there for 12 years...etc.
You're right, it's all political. Can you imagine somebody voting against W doing what he thought was best? Can you see the commercials? Weak on defense. Weak on the war on terror, as if Iraq has anything to do with terrorism.
Hillary is doing her political thing, saying we should stick it out there. She doesn't believe that shit for a second. She knows damn well this is a lost cause, but like you say, political considerations rule.
The Dems are the minority party in every sector. It would do no good to have some big uprising, although there's been plenty of dissent. People like Chuck Hagel are a hell of a lot more effective than 50 dems saying the same thing would be. The dems cannot get anything done. This whole thing was conceived and for now will be driven by republicans and there's nothing anybody can do about it.