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By Ned | August 2, 2007
I don’t see the Bush administration really having a use for this, as they already seem to feel pretty confident that they can just hold tight until January 2009. Certainly Pollack and O’Hanlon’s insipid article and the overjoyed reception it received on the right imply that it’s going to be very difficult for Congress to force the Bush administration to take any steps to withdrawal and that the next president will have to be the one to disentangle us from this whole catastrofuck.
If a move like the kind our mystery senator describes actually occurred, it would be useful only as political cover for Republican senators, but I don’t think they need that kind of political cover to keep in line. After all, if they’re not already fleeing for the hills they’ve exhibited the kind of slavish devotion to their leader usually seen in bad horror movies where people get hypnotized by vampires.
Still, if there was a reduction in troop levels, that would be something. It would make efforts in Congress to end the war more difficult, but unfortunately that might not be a political reality with this president anyway no matter what.
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