Netroots and Exiting Iraq: The New Version of Sit Down and Shut Up
Posted on Mon Mar 19, 2007 at 11:09:42 AM EST
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In a typically very good post, Atrios reminds us of the years of pronouncements from the Wise Men on Iraq:
. . . [T]he Very Serious People in Washington, as represented by Fred Hiatt, are still all for sending other people off to die to find the pony they know is there. The editorial the Post had out yesterday will be recycled for next year's anniversary, with little changed.And on and on.
...A year ago, David Ignatius told us in the Post:
[. . .] [T]his is the way this war is supposed to be going. It's a few years late, but the new U.S. strategy is moving in the right direction.. . . Jim Hoagland told us:
[. . .] U.S. troops will be moving out of Iraq's streets and then out of Iraq's cities by the end of this year as part of a coordinated drawing down and concentration of all foreign forces. . . . This is what Bush calls Iraqis standing up to allow Americans to stand down.
But I have a nit to pick with Atrios and the Netroots generally. Which I will do on the other side.
While public opinion has shifted immensely, and large numbers of Democrats in Congress are pushing for us to get out . . .
But what are "large numbers of Democrats" doing to get us out Atrios? Lemme guess, 'they don't have the votes' to overcome veto/filibuster/Blue Dogs.
But as I have explained, there is a way to do it without dealing with filibusters and vetoes. And Dems will not do THAT.
It is easy to criticize, Lord knows I did it for years and years, Bush, the GOP, the Wise Men, et al., but the Dems deserve some criticsim too on this.
But we get instead from the Left blogs are nasty attacks on Idiot Liberals:
Anyhow, she is doing the best she can walking those halls of power and corruption day in and day out.“The best she can” is not going to cut it. I believe she is doing more harm than good.
The point is the Dem leadership has not tried very hard to get the 218 votes.
Bulls[p]it. Jerrold Nadler — who for years has been one of the staunchest and most reliably progressive members of Congress — believes that if the Dems push too far they’ll get nothing. If Nadler says this, you can take it to the bank.Pelosi is pushing a proposal that she believes has a shot at passage. The proposal may be imperfect, but it’s way better than nothing.
Both of you — go home. Please. Let people who know what’s actually going on walk the halls of power and corruption.
(Bolding mine.)
Let the people who know what's going on tell us what to do? Like they told us to go to war in Iraq? And who are these people pray tell Mahablog? The DLC says the same about you.
I thought this Netroots thing was about PEOPLE POWER. Apparently it is just a new version of sit down and shut up. What a terrible thing to write.
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