As cots were rolled out and pizza was delivered for their all-nighter, the NYT notes on Page One that several of the Republican senators who publicly defected with the White House on Iraq have refused to support the Levin-Reed amendment, which would mandate a withdrawal of combat troops. Meanwhile, the LAT asked around and fronts a look at how the lawmakers who are pushing for withdrawal really have no plan to deal with the violence that many say will inevitably follow. Some insist that any violence would be short-term and the consequences won't be as dire as the White House says. Regardless, most recognize that post-withdrawal discussions are likely to heat up in the coming weeks.
http://www.slate.com/id/2170631/fr/flyout
I guess this may be one of the issue of maintaing US's world's power. If we retrieve the troops would we be showing weakness that we can't win and fight the war? Or would we look dumbfounded like during the vietnam war?
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The world knows what happened in vietnam, and it knows how well we are doing in Iraq. Sure i we manged to completely turn thing around and leaf with pride then i would say it is worth staying. But I don't think that is going to happen so we continue to look stupid to the rest of the world has we struggle in Iraq.
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