Iraq War Progress Forcing Some Democrats to Face Reality

The Post is still trying to deceive the public by toeing the extreme Left-wing agenda. The real story in this article is not, as the Post editors would have you believe is Levin's dislike for Maliki, it is that as Democrats begin to visit Iraq and see the real progress our boys in arms are making, they are beginning to back away from their own leaderships commitment to the extreme Leftist anti-war wing of the party who have been making a bid for control of the Democrat Party.

Democrats are beginning to break from Snively Reid's and Bela Pelosi's push for early withdrawal from Iraq. The truth is beginning to get out and it is taking hold with the American public. Watch for a turn in the polls as this information begins to get out.

Senator Calls for Maliki's Ouster
Levin Urges Iraqis To Replace Leaders

By Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, August 21, 2007; Page A01

Declaring the government of Iraq "non-functional," the influential chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said yesterday that Iraq's parliament should oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his cabinet if they are unable to forge a political compromise with rival factions in a matter of days.

"I hope the parliament will vote the Maliki government out of office and will have the wisdom to replace it with a less sectarian and more unifying prime minister and government," Sen. Carl M. Levin (D-Mich.) said after a three-day trip to Iraq and Jordan.

Levin's statement, the most forceful call for leadership change in Iraq from a U.S. elected official, comes as about two dozen lawmakers are traveling to Iraq during Congress's August break to glean firsthand assessments before receiving a progress report next month from Gen. David H. Petraeus, the U.S. commander there, and Ryan C. Crocker, the U.S. ambassador.

Not every Democrat has come back from Iraq supporting a drawdown of U.S. forces in the coming months, as party leaders have advocated. Staking out positions that could complicate efforts to achieve party unity in September, a few Democratic lawmakers have returned expressing support for a continued troop presence. One of them, Rep. Brian Baird (Wash.), said yesterday that he will no longer vote for binding troop withdrawal timelines.

This bodes well for those of us who believe that what we are doing in Iraq is not only just, but necessary. Perhaps now reason will prevail over Leftist emotionalism. Even though Levin is calling for Maliki's ouster, he has no answer to the simple follow-up question, "What will happen if Maliki is ousted? Will the person who replaces him be even more partisan?"

For that, he has no answer, no solution, and has obviously not given it any thought. He is just another knee-jerk Liberal who wants us out of war and "Damn the consequences."

The denizens of dailyKos and democraticunderground must be starting to get worried, which means the personal attacks and invectives against more moderate and reasonable Democrats will increase dramatically.

It's beginning to look like the politics over the next 14 1/2 months are going to get more and more interesting.

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