Jon Soltz responds to Bush's unending Iraq war:
Public confirmation that the White House sees an American military presence in Iraq without end is the single greatest motivating and recruiting tool given to insurgents in the history of the war, and must be recanted....
The president and vice-president like to say that insurgents in Iraq listen to what we say over here. If they do, there's no question that this morning, those who seek to kill our troops are buzzing with talk that America plans on occupying Iraq forever. The bulls-eye on the back of our troops just got a whole lot bigger, and the president is to blame. He has to recant these kinds of statements, so he doesn't embolden the enemy more than he already has....
Here's something you can do for VoteVets.org. If your Representative or Senator has been voting to give the President a blank check on the war, call them up and ask if they endorse the President's vision of a war without end in Iraq....
If they say they do not support the president's vision, urge them to put out a public statement rebuking the him. Enough public statements like that will help show Iraqis that America does not support the president's vision of endless military involvement in Iraq.
Soltz is absolutely right. The only way to end this debacle is to keep the heat on the ones who will respond to us--the Dems in Congress. Put them on the spot. Urge them to do more than issue a public statement--urge the Senators to join their colleagues who have gone on record with their votes on the McGovern amendment and Feingold-Reid amendment to actively cosponsor the legislation and to set a date certain for the occupation to end.