House, 218 to 212, Votes to Set Date for Iraq Pullout

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by cashc

But I wonder, will the pullout of troops in Iraq really accomplish anything other than to quiet the anti-war, anti-bush group?

A better question is what the continued occupation will accomplish. The default behavior ought to be no war, and justification should be required to continue waging it.

What is the situation that we can consider to be a "win"? Does our continued presence as one (among many) cause and target of violence really move us toward that situation?