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The pins keep lining up, and if the Democrats can just knock them down, hopefully we can take back Congress and start to actually fix this horrible farce. That is if Democrats can wake up and realize there is no more reason to support a failed war.

Decline in Iraqi Troops’ Readiness Cited
Generals Tell Lawmakers They Cannot Predict When U.S. Forces Can Withdraw

The number of Iraqi army battalions that can fight insurgents without U.S. and coalition help has dropped from three to one, top U.S. generals told Congress yesterday, adding that the security situation in Iraq is too uncertain to predict large-scale American troop withdrawals anytime soon.

Gen. George W. Casey Jr., who oversees U.S. forces in Iraq, said there are fewer Iraqi battalions at “Level 1″ readiness than there were a few months ago. Although Casey said the number of troops and overall readiness of Iraqi security forces have steadily increased in recent months, and that there has not been a “step backwards,” both Republican and Democratic senators expressed deep concern that the United States is not making enough progress against a resilient insurgency.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and his commanders yesterday publicly hedged their forecasts of U.S. involvement in Iraq, leaving it unclear when troops will be able to come home or how long it will take before Iraqi security forces can defend their homeland.

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This war, and in fact this entire administration and Republican party, is a disgrace. Where we need competence there is cronyism. Where we need compassion there is greed. Where we need results there is PR and spin.

Every day it becomes increasingly clear. How can you govern when you have nothing but contempt for government?

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