Harry's not right! Feingold's not right!
They just dangerous and weird.
Surrender! Surrender!
Let's just give Iraq away!

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday he wants to cut off money for the Iraq war next year, making clear for the first time that Democrats are willing to pull out all the stops to end U.S. involvement.

Reid's new strategy faces an uphill battle because many of his colleagues see yanking funds as a dangerous last resort. The proposal increases the stakes on the debate and marks a new era for the Democratic leadership once reluctant to talk about Congress' power of the purse.

"In the face of the administration's stubborn unwillingness to change course, the Senate has no choice but to force a change of course," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who signed on Monday as a co-sponsor of Reid's proposal with Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis.

The move is likely to intensify the Democrats' rift with the administration, which already contends Democrats are putting troops at risk by setting deadlines.

Funny, but I thought the Democrats had told us they would never abandon the troops in the field or cut off funds. Now, in a fit of pique because the president won't accept their timetables for surrender, they are going to do precisely that.

I stand with Dick Cheney on this one.

"It's time the self-appointed strategists on Capitol Hill understood a very simple concept: You cannot win a war if you tell the enemy you're going to quit," Vice President Dick Cheney said Monday....

Of course, maybe the problem is that they DO understand that such a course is nothing but surrender.

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