Comments on: WaPo: Pelosi Plan Makes Perfect Sense… http://informedspeculation.com/2007/03/13/wapo-pelosi-plan-makes-perfect-sense/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: too many steves http://informedspeculation.com/2007/03/13/wapo-pelosi-plan-makes-perfect-sense/comment-page-1/#comment-258306 too many steves Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:44:19 +0000 http://decision08.net/2007/03/13/wapo-pelosi-plan-makes-perfect-sense/#comment-258306 I wonder about the political risk of passing this legislation which causes the US troops to be removed (in time for the 2008 election campaign) followed by Iraq descending into civil chaos with "massive civilian casualties" etc.; does that scenario help the Democrats' electoral chances? If this were to come to pass wouldn't the war in Iraq be (and be judged) a failure? Would the Democrats be held responsible for participating if not precipitating the failure? Isn't that their political concern about simply de-funding the war? Certainly not among the anti-war base but what about the other two-thirds of the electorate? Some here argue that the war is already lost, but that is an esoteric argument that could be missed or not accepted by many voters. I wonder about the political risk of passing this legislation which causes the US troops to be removed (in time for the 2008 election campaign) followed by Iraq descending into civil chaos with “massive civilian casualties” etc.; does that scenario help the Democrats’ electoral chances?

If this were to come to pass wouldn’t the war in Iraq be (and be judged) a failure? Would the Democrats be held responsible for participating if not precipitating the failure? Isn’t that their political concern about simply de-funding the war? Certainly not among the anti-war base but what about the other two-thirds of the electorate? Some here argue that the war is already lost, but that is an esoteric argument that could be missed or not accepted by many voters.

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