A war in which the Democrats will have co-ownership with Bush because they didn't stop him when they could have in 2007.

In essence, the power and influence of the Israeli Lobby carried more weight than over 75% of Americans who have no confidence in Bush, the direction of the country or the Iraq occupation.

The Democrats are just as beholden to the Israeli Lobby (AIPAC) as the Republicans ~ witness Nancy Pelosi, under orders from AIPAC, stripping from the House bill a stipulation that Bush must come to Congress for authorization before launching an attack on Iran.

Only one major columnist got it right on why the Democrats caved in yesterday and that was Patrick Buchanan who rightly proclaimed ~      " Because they lack the courage of their convictions. Because they fear the consequences if they put their antiwar beliefs into practice." 

Allen L Roland     http://blogs.salon.com/0002255/2007/05/25.html

Why Congress Caved to Bush

By Patrick Buchanan 
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2007/05/why_congress_caved_to_bush.html

May 25, 2007

The antiwar Democrats are crying betrayal -- and justifiably so.

For a Democratic Congress is now voting to fully fund the war in Iraq, as demanded by President Bush, and without any timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal. Bush got his $100 billion, then magnanimously agreed to let Democrats keep the $20 billion in pork they stuffed into the bill -- to soothe the pain of their sellout of the party base.

Remarkable. If the Republican rout of 2006 said anything, it was that America had lost faith in the Bush-Rumsfeld conduct of the war and wanted Democrats to lead the country out.

Yet, today, there are more U.S. troops in Iraq than when the Democrats won. More are on the way. And with the surge and retention of troops in Iraq beyond normal tours, there should be a record number of U.S. troops in country by year's end.

Why did the Democrats capitulate?

Because they lack the courage of their convictions. Because they fear the consequences if they put their antiwar beliefs into practice. Because they are afraid if they defund the war and force President Bush to withdraw U.S. troops, the calamity he predicts will come to pass and they will be held accountable for losing Iraq and the strategic disaster that might well ensue.

Democrats are an intimidated party. The reasons are historical. They were shredded by Nixon and Joe McCarthy for FDR's surrenders to Stalin at Tehran and Yalta, for losing China to Mao's hordes, for the "no-win war" in Korea, for being "soft on communism."

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