Pretending there's a real debate about staying or going in Iraq

i simply cannot believe that we are wasting our time once again with a big national discussion about how bad things are going in iraq and whether or not we should stay or go... case in point is this fresh post on think progress...

Last week, the Los Angeles Times reported that Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) was one of many conservatives breaking ranks with Bush’s Iraq policy.

“It should be clear to the president that there needs to be a new strategy,” said Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee. “Our policy in Iraq is drifting.”

This morning on CNN, Alexander undercut his own stated desire to change course. While announcing his support for an amendment that would adopt the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, Alexander said, “The surge can be within this larger strategy of the Iraq Study Group.”

the bush administration has demonstrated in countless ways that they have no intention of leaving iraq, now or ever... yet, we still all get sucked up in talking about it, thinking they will somehow magically change their minds, glomming on to every repub that emits the faintest odor of dissent... forget it people... ain't gonna happen...

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Norm Coleman, Lamar Alexander and Susan Collins have joined the choir

notice how the words "fire" and "resignation" are conspicuously absent... instead we have "grave doubts," "tightrope," and "not served well..."

• "I think there's a huge credibility issue at the Justice Department," said Sen. Norm Coleman (Minn.). "I continue, even after his testimony, to have grave doubts."

• "I think the attorney general is on a tightrope, and he and the president need to make a decision before very long," said Sen. Lamar Alexander (Tenn.).

• Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) also said only Bush could demand a resignation. "It's his call," she said. "I don't think the attorney general has served the country or the president particularly well."

but, as we know, criticism and prevailing opinion has no effect on where the choir of one stands...

This is an honest, honorable man, in whom I have confidence.

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