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I'm repeating things in this post, but they are important to say.

I disagree with how President Bush is running the Iraq War. Indeed, I disagree with nearly every major decision that George Bush has made since 2004. Disbanding the Iraqi Army was perhaps the last great American decision in Iraq (though the "Let freedom Reign" transfer of sovereignty comes close).

That said, President Bush and not Nancy Pelosi is the Commander in Chief of the Army. He, and not Nancy, is the Commander in Chief of the Navy. He, and not Nancy, is the Commander in Chief of the Militia. He, and not Nancy, is the Head of State. He, and not Nancy, is the Head of Government.

Whatever the powers of the Congress to begin war, the President alone has the power to end it.

While Bush should end the American occupation, and instead support reliably anti-Qaedist/anti-Baathist elements with money, guns, and air cover, that is Bush's decision to make. Not Pelosi's.

It's too bad that Bush is not wiser in fighting the Iraq War. But he is completely right to veto Nancy Pelosi's extra-constitutional pan for failure.

Stearns, S. 2007. Bush repeats call for war funding bill without conditions. VOA News. April 14, 2007. Available online: http://voanews.com/english/2007-04-14-voa17.cfm

What's the difference between Republicans and Democrats in Congress? Republicans will waste everyone's time with crazy, useless regulations. Democrats will weaken the country.

I deeply regret my hurtful advice to vote Democrat. The Democratic Party has no business having a single seat in Congress..

The latest stunt of attaching a timetable to the war spending bill is harmful and dangerous. We should leave Iraq --- now. The only meaningful purpose of "the surge" is to intimidate Iran. There are easier and cheaper ways of doing this. The Iraqi Sunni Arabs will be slaughtered when we leave, but we already changed their history for the worse anyway, so why not speed the killing.

While Bush has incompetently fought the rebuilding of Iraq, has not looked weak. Every country in the world realizes that the United States of America is led by a dangerous bulldog who will tear down everything in pursuit of his goals. Frankly, there are worse reputations to have.

Yet Nancy Pelosi, that "mackerel-headed ho," is trying her best to screw even this up. By attempting to execute foreign policy in violation of the fact that the President is the executive, she made our country appeared divided even when it came to official channels. By playing with war funding, she raises the specter of an earlier Democratic Congress's betrayal of the Republic of Vietnam.

At this point, I do not care if decapitated boyscouts are found in the offices of the Republican Congressional Leadership. The GOP must win back the House and the Senate in '08.