House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been under a firestorm of criticism from her own party for her handing of the Democratic controlled Congress. Most democrats complain that she hasn't ended the war and far-left democrats want her to impeach the President and Vice President. I'm not here to defend her every move, but Nancy Pelosi has done a lot to help bring this war to an end.
Congress tried to pass measures that would force the president to begin withdrawing troops in the future, however the were all vetoed. The Congress would have to break the 2/3 majority to override Bush's veto, and at this time that is not possible. But that is not Pelosi's fault, or for that matter any democrat's fault. It is the Republicans who refuse to think of the troops but instead think of their right-wing base and their loyalty to the President. If it wasn't for the Democratic Congress and Nancy Pelosi, there would be no talk of bringing our troops home. There would be no pressure on the President. Nancy Pelosi has forced the President to think about this war, something I'm not sure he had ever done before. She has opened up talks for withdrawal and whether the Pentagon likes to admit it or not, I'd be willing to be she has forced the Pentagon to at least bring up how troops would be re-deployed. If it wasn't for the democrats, there would be zero talk of ending this war. There would be no September Petraeus report. And on the matter of impeachment: It would be pointless for the House to begin impeachment when it has no chance of getting through the Senate. There is no point of wasting time on impeachment when it is bound to fail and there are more important issues to address. So I say to those critics of Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats in Congress, blame the Republicans for they are the ones preventing what you want, not Nancy Pelosi and not the Democrats. Its a sad truth, but many are beginning to realize it: we are not leaving Iraq until we get a democrat in the White House, who is committed to the safe withdrawal of American forces.
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Nancy Pelosi has NOT done enough to bring our troops home. With the majority in Congress, Democrats could have held Bush's feet to the fire. NO funding is better than unlimited, unfettered funding for this war. If Pelosi and the Democrats had not caved and given Bush his funding, without a timeline, Bush would have eventually have had to cave to get the funds necessary to continue his war. The only funding the Democrats should have given for this war should have been either with a timeline or merely funding to bring them home now. Without funding, there is no war.
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