Originally Posted by JAD_333

An important question, of course, is, how will a tepid report play out in Congress? IMO, there's reason to believe that we'll see a lot of political theater with nothing much happening to change our force structure. Biden, etal., won't have an easy time passing any legislation intended to force Bush's hand, unless, the report is more dismal than expected, which is not likely.

Any legislation they introduce to force a drawdown will take a long time to come to a vote, and if passed, it faces a veto that will be very hard to override. Either way, we seem to be in for a political ride designed to play well on the campaign trail. Meanwhile our guys keep dying in Iraq in the absense of a determined, unified Congress.