Bush rejects all compromises.
The White House's chief negotiator, Joshua Bolten, explain[s] why the Dem offer of waivable timetables was rejected: “We consider that to be not a significant distinction. Whether waivable or not, timelines send exactly the wrong signal to our adversaries, our allies ... our troops in the field.”
Boy, is Bolton behind the curve.
A majority of the Iraqi parliament is on record as wanting our troops out — and on a specific timetable.
On Tuesday, without note in the U.S. media, more than half of the members of Iraq's parliament rejected the continuing occupation of their country. 144 lawmakers [out of 275] signed onto a legislative petition calling on the United States to set a timetable for withdrawal, according to Nassar Al-Rubaie, a spokesman for the Al Sadr movement, the nationalist Shia group that sponsored the petition.
It’s about time for war opponents to be shouting this in Bush’s face until his — and Cheney’s — eardrums rupture.
So why is this not getting more mention by leading Democrats? Enabling? Timidity? Cowardice, even?
“Muddling” is not acceptable.
