The American people know that Bush's war in Iraq is a disaster. The punditry may fall for the Bush spin, but it's not working on most people. What Harry Reid said this week is what a lot of people are thinking. Congress is finally catching up with the American people on Iraq, Bush never will:
A fight between the U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush over the Iraq war is set to come to a head this week when Democrats are expected to send him $100 billion to pay for continuing combat while setting timetables for withdrawing troops.On CNN this morning, Bill Schneider showed us this stat from their latest poll. The American people have had it:
Bush has promised to veto any bill setting dates for removing U.S. combat soldiers from the Iraq war, now in its fifth year.
But when a Democratic-controlled panel of Senate and House of Representatives members meets on Monday to iron out differences between their respective bills, the product is expected to contain 2008 withdrawal dates.
Many lawmakers have been speculating those dates might be nonbinding, as sketched out by a Senate-passed bill.
"The longer we continue down the president's path, the further we will be from responsibly ending this war," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who on Thursday said the war in Iraq was "lost."
