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Originally Posted by Displaced Flames fan
Don't kid youself, there is no way in hell the Democrats let the funding for the troops run out because there is no firm deadline. They are trying to get one in, and good for them, but if they can't get by a veto they WILL fund the war without a withdrawal date.
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It's kind of a game of chicken. If Bush vetoes the bill, then technically HE'S the one who's cutting off funding. It sounds like he's planning to do that and then try to blame it on Congress--which raises two questions:
1. Will that work? Or will the American people (and the troops) blame Bush, since he's the one who vetoed the bill? Whoever feels like they're going to take the political fall for this is guaranteed to blink first.
2. Why are both sides playing politics with this instead of trying to find real solutions? Is it that they're not interested, or is it that both sides realize that real solutions are impossible, and the next best thing is to shift blame to the other party?