With the Democratic victories in the recent elections, do You expect any real changes in the Iraqi war situation?
2006-11-08 09:50:18 · 13 answers · asked by Windsor 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
There will be changes in the US policy. Many Republicans will join with a majority of the Democrats to see that the policy is changed. The Republicans do not want to go into the 2008 elections with the same mess that they went into this election. Further, Gates will be able to solicit fair and honest assessments which Rumsfeld didn't want to hear and the military leaders were afraid to give him. Bush will also be able to jump on ideas from the Baker Commission which I think will have proposals that Democrats can also live with. The million dollar question is how Bush will define "victory in Iraq". Certainly he will not just walk out without being able to declare "victory" in some fashion. The definition will not bear any relation to the grandiose claims of the victory the Administration was proposing when Bush took us into this mess.
2006-11-08 10:00:30 · answer #1 · answered by rec 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, let's see if the Dems push for their call to withdraw from Iraq. It's easy to do when you have no power to achieve it. Now maybe they have the clout to pursue it. However, a number of the Dems who won elections last night are far more conservative than the Clintons, Pelosi's, and Kerry's of the world.
The question is, do the Democrats have the guts to really push for a withdrawl? Because that puts the aftermath and consequnces of that action squarely in their shoulders, two years before a presidential election that looks wide open as of now.
For all the talk of Iraq, and changing the course, I have heard no real alternative articulated by any Democrat - or republican for that matter. And that's because neither party understands what it is we are fighting.
2006-11-08 10:02:23 · answer #2 · answered by thealligator414 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I concur with Scotty. The good thing is it shows President Bush that the war is growing unpopular and he is not satisfying the voters which could mean 'course' changes. Rumsfield got the boot and it looks like we have a more competent defense secretary in charge. Hopefully, the Iraq war will change in either direction. We need to stop neutering ourselves and either take the country by military force (yes, vietnam style) or start staging down. Likely, with such close elections we will sit on the Iraq war for another two years and instead start implementing social issues instead of foreign.
2006-11-08 09:58:25 · answer #3 · answered by trigunmarksman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No to answer your questions. The Democrats are weak asses. You know we haven't won a war since WWII. The Democrats won;t let the Republicans finish IRaq. We have a bunch of sissies running this country. All the Democrats are worried about is allowing Gay's to get married and rasing taxes to pay for the poor. They are not for the Middle Class. I would rather support a party that supports the rich than support a party that supports a bunch a lazy non-working gerneration welfare collectors.
2006-11-08 10:03:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
As for Iraq, Pelosi and the Democrats have yet to explicitly outline their plan for U.S. involvement in the region, but unlike many of her counterparts, Pelosi voted against authorizing the war.
And what about the persnickety allegation that she will skipper tax hikes through the House? Sure she will, said the shoo-in speaker.
"We will revisit the tax cuts at the high end in order to give tax cuts to the middle class, (We will redistribute the wealth.)
" she said.
2006-11-08 09:54:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh yes. The people always will have to hold their elected officials feeet to the fire when they're not doing what they like-I'm a Dem and expect no less of them. Accountability, always. I think the Dems know that.
2006-11-08 10:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by Middleclassandnotquiet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really doesn't matter because nothing is going to get accomplished over the next 2 years. Anything Bush sends to Congress will get voted down. Anything Congress sends Bush will get vetoed, and they don't have enough of a majority to override, thus we have a stalemate for the next 2 years.......
2006-11-08 09:53:19 · answer #7 · answered by Scotty 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes , I expect the war to end and If we're lucky Cheney will be fired and Bush will be impeached .
2006-11-08 09:59:00 · answer #8 · answered by Spider Pig aka Tyrone Biggums 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, their platform was Anti-Bush, not pro policy change in Iraq. No one, not even them, know what they could do better
2006-11-08 09:59:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
well, now that the delusional rummy is gone, yeah, there should be some changes.
2006-11-08 09:58:48 · answer #10 · answered by jack spicer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋