The fact that Moulitsas fails to address here is that simply defunding the war, as he suggests, does not require the President, as commander in chief, to withdraw the troops from Iraq, and Democrats have no reason to believe that George Bush will make such a withdrawal if faced with a lack of funds. If funding is withdrawn, but the troops are not, the troops will then be stuck in a war zone WITHOUT the supplies and equipment that they need to survive.
Speaking as an opponent of this war who believes troops should have been withdrawn from Iraq years ago, I hold the course of action suggested by Moulitsas, and others of similar mind, to be reckless and irresponsible in the extreme. Pelosi and Reid were wise to resist such calls.









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