Deadline dilemmas
The American Prospect
by Paul Starr
03/09/07
“The strange thing about the debate in Congress over a deadline for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq is that the objective political interests of the two parties are the reverse of their stated positions. Republicans are facing a disaster in the 2008 election if the Iraq War continues unabated. But if the Democratic Congress ties the president’s hands and forces a pullout, the Republicans would have an excuse for the war’s failure, and their party could move on to focus the 2008 election on other issues. If GOP leaders could act on pure political self-interest, they would be secretly encouraging just enough defections by their own members of Congress to pass legislation requiring a pullout...
http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=12544
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Starr
by Paul Starr
03/09/07
“The strange thing about the debate in Congress over a deadline for pulling U.S. troops out of Iraq is that the objective political interests of the two parties are the reverse of their stated positions. Republicans are facing a disaster in the 2008 election if the Iraq War continues unabated. But if the Democratic Congress ties the president’s hands and forces a pullout, the Republicans would have an excuse for the war’s failure, and their party could move on to focus the 2008 election on other issues. If GOP leaders could act on pure political self-interest, they would be secretly encouraging just enough defections by their own members of Congress to pass legislation requiring a pullout...
http://www.prospect.org/web/view-web.ww?id=12544
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Paul+Starr
rudkla - 12. Mär, 13:54
