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Originally Posted by Bababooyee
Well, the facts are that the President is Commander-in-Chief of the military and the only limit on his use of the military is monetary funding which is authorized/controlled by Congress.
Any speculation simply flows as a matter of course after those legal and political realities. IOW, for the Dems, it will be easier to simply blame Bush for nothing changing much in Iraq over the next two years, than accept the political fallout for "not supporting our troops and by cutting funds when they needed it most!" It doesn't take a Karl Rove or Dick Morris type of mind to see where we're headed here. For example, you've already said many of the excuses we'll hear from the Dems: "not responsible for the circumstances", "haven't been in control for 6 years", etc., and by then we'll all have forgot that these guys in fact ran on a "Change in Iraq Policy" platform (so those excuses shouln't come close to flying)...and if some of us don't forget, we'll hear "Bush wouldn't go along...but Hillary will!"
I don't care about Fox's bias, CNN's or anyone elses...news media is market driven like any other commodity. Some will lean left, some will lean right...they're simply meeting a demand. Besides, I am not really sure what the Fox memo has to do with your initial premise or question; iow, even assuming Fox = Repub, the memo still does not mention or imply that Iraq is now the Dems "responsibility" or that "the ball is now in their court"...I am not saying that the Repubs haven't said that stuff, I just haven't seen it.
In the end, imho, since the Dems ran on, and presumably and in-part won on, a vow for a new plan for Iraq, at minimum, the Dems owe it to the American people to present (not even necessarily implement) a comprehensive, coherent and viable alternative plan for Iraq. Do you at least agree with that? And if they don't even do that, will it matter to you at all?
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Seems to me that various Dems have floated plans, Biden's (won't work),
Murtha's (put his out a while ago, redeploy rather than quell a civil war), and Levin's (might be the one). Time will tell.
Yes, the Dems should come up with a coherent plan. The current one doesn't seem to be working too well. I'm guessing that the Dems will let the Repubs own it as long as possible. Baker is next up at the plate.