Well, the U.S. House Of Representatives passed their legislation the other day showing their disapproval of President Bush's request to send 21,000 troops to Iraq in order to help quelch the escalating violence. The U.S. Senate is picking up on the issue now and is expected to run a "test vote" through the body to see if their actions agree with the House's.
I think this whole movement, instead of promoting positive action, is more a visual stance given by the two chambers of Congress, given what the President's ultimate reaction is going to be. Here is a man who has ignored countless committees and their recommendations on how to more safely handle the overseas situation, and now people think he will listen to the Congress? The President has shown that he will make the decisions, and to many, they will continue to be the wrong ones.
The new members of the Congress, give them credit, are doing what they can to address the war issue from a different point of view, and the parties are crossing over to make it more non-partisan. When we can see they share Joe Q. Public's views, we know that to be scary.
But if the "buck stops here", as former President Truman used to say, it will certainly stop at the same place in this day & age: the Oval Office. We may never get the truly honest results we want from this war that may never end.
At least we can rest comfortably in the days & weeks ahead, knowing we are not the only ones to think that thinking should come before blindless fighting, for what ultimate purpose we clearly do not know.
