Russert: Bush will get his Iraq 'surge'

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5961048/

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MSNBC: Bottom line, how much can Congress do?

RUSSERT: They can have aggressive hearings and they can cut off funds. They will do the former, but they won’t do the latter. So the president will have his way if he decides to go forward.

If it doesn’t work, then I think we will could see a replay of what we saw in Vietnam – Congress beginning to debate, very openly, the purse strings for a war.

If it does work and things are stabilized, the president will be able to buy some time.

[Greeby]

1. Murtha, as chairman of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee

Has made clear he won't fund this "surge"

[Doctor_J]

2. "buy some time"

how many bodies/month?

[gratuitous]

3. "If it does work"

How befogged is Pumpkinhead? What does he mean if the surge works? I suppose in the universe of possible outcomes, this half-assed, hare-brained scheme could work. But I'd put it on the same plane of probability as Russert pooping out a pill that cures cancer if he sticks a fork into an electrical outlet. And I don't see Timmeh grabbing an Oneida and heading for the wall socket.

This won't work, Tim. But ignoramuses like you will always let Bush buy some more time. After all, it's not you, your family or really anyone you know getting killed every day in Iraq. So let's kick the can another block down the street.

Bloodthirsty, incompetent assface.

[peace13]

4. It is sickening the way they talk about lives

as though they mean nothing. We at home should take notice as well because this * cabal will think nothing of wasting as many Americans, civilians or troops, as it takes to get the job done. As old Rummy said many moons ago, troops are fungible. I am sure that goes for us. Peace on earth, Kim