It seems to me, Carol & LH, that you are just proving my assertion by defining certain terms so that your opinion seems obvious.

I flatly do not agree that 'Democrats could have ended' this Iraq nonsense that easily. They DID introduce several bills..which were voted down. It takes **MORE** votes than they had to cut off funding OR simply withdraw. If they DID manage to cut off funding, the missing funds would not have 'simply' caused everyone to hop on a plane home...it would have compromised the safety of the troops during attempted withdrawal. Many experts have said so....you don't change it by just stating the opposite.

I guess we'll just have to disagree. I want it ended as badly as you do....it is the damned **REPUBLICANS** who have kept this mess going by lying to us and themselves about 'progress' and the 'surge'.