Congressional Lawmakers See Rose-Colored Conclusion
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is “disappointed” that the newly passed military spending bill allows President Bush to continue fighting the Iraqi conflict as he sees fit. She also said that she believes “the president’s policy is going to begin to unravel now.”
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell also predicted a policy change, saying that Bush would lead the shift in his own time.
So far, the US has spent over $300 billion on Iraq military operations.
Debate over the war will resume in September after Gen. David Petraeus announces whether or not Bush’s “surge” strategy is working. There will also be an independent assessment made by the Iraqi government at that time.
If Pelosi thinks Bush is going to change his strategy now, after losing the confidence of the American people, the opposition party, and much of the support of his own party, she has to be dreaming. There may be a policy shift, as Sen. McConnell suggests, but with Bush leading the way, that shift is probably going to be something along the lines of a military assault on Iran in order to make the results of the September discussions moot.
No way is Bush going to be dissuaded from fighting his “war on terror,” even if it means escalation of that war. Does anyone think that Petraeus or the Iraqi government is going to present a report that is negative to the current Bush doctrine?
It ain’t gonna happen.
