Linda Chavez Recommend this article  Only time will tell whether
the president's new plan to rescue Iraq from sectarian violence
will succeed, but Democrats in Congress will do everything they
can to make sure it doesn't. Democrats argue that Americans have
no stomach for the war in Iraq, a point voters made loudly last
November when they elected a new majority in both houses of
Congress.  True enough, but we live in a republic, not a direct
democracy. The November election doesn't absolve Democrat or
Republican members of Congress of their duty to act in the best
interests of the Nation, especially when it comes to matters of
national defense.  The Democrats' strategy is a risky one, not
just for the country but for their own political futures. House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has already announced that Democrats will
try to hold up funding for additional troops by attaching
strings to Defense appropriations bills that severely limit the
administration's options.  Senate Democrats will try to pass a
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