Line in the sand

Tense times for W.... ...the long wait over Iraq....

...while soldiers are pending deployments.... ....and other soldiers deployments are extended...

...the showdown over Iraq continues!

President Bush and Dems - The showdown is now!!!

Is compromise on the table?

Cheney's attack on Sen Harry Reid after he declares that the "war is lost"

President Bush on the South Lawn of the White House Tuesday, after making a statement criticizing the war spending bill.

What is at stake is the $24 Billion dollar spending bill which orders troops to be pulled out of Iraq with in 6 months of October 1st, day 1 of the new fiscal year.

There are people like me, looking to go over with my Army Reserve Unit this fall, wondering what is going to go down and how it will affect out lives. I know that the debate going on makes me as uncomfortable as President Bush looks in the pictures posted about. It would be nice to see some kind of compromise. As the threat of leaving the troops in Iraq without the funds they need to accomplish the mission, Bush has even made the had a photo op with his leading General within the last week.

This isn't a good time right now with 9 soldiers dying and 20 being wounded in Iraq last Monday, the negative stories about the spin gone bad on CPL Pat Tilman's death in Afghanistan and PVT Jessica Lynch's fable in Iraq being rehashed and the weakness of the Maliki government is becoming very apparent. GEN Petreaus will be pitching to push the bill through to Congress today. I like this General and his credibility is impeccable. So was Colin Powel's when he made a speech for our President.

Like this classic National Lampoon Magazine cover, Bush seems to be saying to the American public, fund this war my way or leave the troops stranded in Iraq without the resources you need to survive.

Update

Round one, 218 - 208, War Bill Passes House, Requiring an Iraq Pullout

Round two, 51-46, Senate logs in, go time Mr. President!

Your move!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!