fucking cowards... !

The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
- W.B. Yeats

No timeline. No enforceable benchmarks. Same mealy-mouthed, weasally bullshit!

“We don’t have a veto-proof Congress. But no one can say with any degree of veracity that we haven’t made great progress, and this bill is further proof of that.” - Harry Reid

“I view this as the beginning of the end of the president’s policy on Iraq.” - Rahm Emanuel

"I would never vote for such a thing." - Nancy Pelosi

“It was a concession to reality.” - Jim Moran

“I am disappointed that there is no firm deadline in this version of the bill, because I believe that’s the only way to responsibly bring this war to an end.” - Chris Dodd

Add this little tidbit:

Senior Democratic officials said the final bill would probably be stripped of other features that Mr. Bush had previously resisted, including readiness standards that would have prevented troops from being returned to Iraq within one year of serving there or without adequate training and equipment unless Mr. Bush signed a waiver determining it was necessary.

And the lone voice in the wilderness cryeth out:

“There has been a lot of tough talk from members of Congress about wanting to end this war, but it looks like the desire for political comfort won out over real action. Congress should have stood strong, acknowledged the will of the American people, and insisted on a bill requiring a real change of course in Iraq." - Russ Feingold

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Update: Nobody straddles a fence like this rhymes-with-witch:

"When I have something to say, I will say it, gentlemen." - Hillary Clinton