Mike the Usurper wrote:
And since you've conflated multiple issues here that have nothing to do with each other, how about moving the congressional grandstanding thread someplace else? And if you can explain what the hell that has to do with the Sunnis going political instead of blowing things up, I'd love to hear where that comes from.

Eh? They're looking for a US withdrawl from Iraq in the short term. Hasn't that been what the discussion has been about this week? The last time Congress acted on Iraq they approved Bush's "surge" plan. If you were anticipating a strategy shift from the U.S. you'd be anticipating it based on the dialog that has been goiing on this week in Congress. And yes, its grandstanding. Congress cannot pass a withdrawl bill that won't get vetoed. Congress knows this. The grand battle you are watching is 100% political theater. How could it be anything else. They can't do anything.

RE: Insurgents form political front to plan for US pullout