A bill without a date for withdrawal is a vote for defeat. Such a bill says that ragged-ass Al Qaeda intruders in Iraq's Anbar province have a veto power over American withdrawal -- despite the wishes of the elected Iraqi legislature and the overwhelming majority of the American people. Who's emboldened now?
A bill without a date for withdrawal is a vote for defeat. I was against this war because I thought it meant getting into a mess where staying is a disaster and leaving is a catastrophe. In other words, a quagmire. Well, lookee what we got.
A bill without a date for withdrawal is a vote for defeat. It means no accountability for the architects of the ongoing fuckup. Can't have a democracy without accountability. So much for that.
A bill without a date for withdrawal is a vote for defeat. Because "defeat" was written into the logic of a liberatory occupation from the beginning. Witness the notions on the part of the warmongers and idiots that the evil Muslims are (a) irremediably evil because they are Muslims and (b) susceptible to conversion to "Democracy" through... invasion. (This is the real head-scratcher, by the way.)
Oh fuck it. Time to go.