While Bush was doing a photo op with the Iraq Study Group, headed by James Baker, the soon-to-be Chair of the Senator Armed Services Committee, Carl Levin (D-MI, offered a new plan for redeploying U.S. troops from Iraq:
The Democrat in line to become chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee offered a grim assessment today on the situation in Iraq, accusing the administration of ignoring the reality that "we're getting deeper and deeper into a hole - that we should stop digging and that we should look for alternatives in order to promote the chances of success in Iraq."The situation in Iraq gets worse every day. Bush and the GOP don't have a plan. They never did. They're pinning all their hopes on the Baker report.
Levin said the study group's report "is going to have an impact on whatever action might be possible in this Congress and in the next Congress," when Democrats take control. Levin said earlier that U.S. troops should begin coming home in phases within four to six months, a loose timetable that other Democratic leaders have not endorsed.
Levin got the debate started in earnest today. We learned last week where the American people stand on this.
