A Timetable for Withdrawal from Iraq is Necessary

Democrats in the Congress are as divided in some ways as the American public seems to be. Many Democrats in Congress wish to see a withdrawal date as part of any ongoing Iraq resolutions. Republicans are resolute in opposing any such defined date. House Speaker Pelosi has turned her direction toward the Republican side in opposition to her colleagues in an apparent bid to compromise A bill in the House would order Presiden Bush to formulate a plan to redeploy American troops within 2 months of the bill’s passage. Many House Democrats wish to see such a bill passed but with the provision of a withdrawal date.

Turning away from a defined date for leaving Iraq is a failing course on so many levels. The United States can ill afford to continue either the monetary or the human costs of the occupation. American put more than 100,000 troops into Iraq in less than 6 weeks at the time of the invasion. We should be able to withdraw at least as quickly. The time is here to set a timetable for full and complete withdrawal from Iraq. The country is suffering a slow and painful death from a million cuts as we remain mired in Iraq. We must end the war and withdraw now.