terminating the deployment?

[alexr_rwx]

- Write your congresscritter. They're talking about Iraq pullout plans these days. Jack Murtha -- who apparently was all on board at the beginning and had historically been a military sort -- has decided that the war is no longer a good idea. Right-o; the article from AfterDowningStreet is here. Important bits from the bill:

"The deployment of United States forces in Iraq, by direction of Congress, is hereby terminated and the forces involved are to be redeployed at the earliest practicable date.

"A quick-reaction U.S. force and an over-the-horizon presence of U.S. Marines shall be deployed in the region.

"The United States of America shall pursue security and stability in Iraq through diplomacy."

- Dennis Kucinich getting fiesty (wmv link) -- "... find out why almost everything of significance we were told about the war turned out to be false ... expose the fakery when we see it!"

- Links for you:
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
http://www.senate.gov (button on the front page)

Comments

[neuroticmonk.livejournal.com]

1. The vote for this was held on Friday night and defeated almost as soundly as the vote to enter WWII passed. (In this case it was something like 432-3.)

2. Whether you wanted to go over there or not, leaving now is a bad idea. If we leave before a new Iraqi government is firmly entrenched, the country will disolve into chaos. Nothing good will come of that.

3. Diplomatic solutions are only viable if you have two entities that can negotiate. A diplomatic solution in Iraq at this point is not doable partly because the insurgents are not well organized to present a united bargaining face or powerful enough to enforce the terms of any agreement made.

4. Perspective. This is not Vietnam. There are clear goals, ways to get to them, and the military isn't having its hands tied behind its back.

I'm sorry, but we're there and at this point we have to see it through.