About this funding for the war .....

[Stinky The Clown]

My opposition is clearly to the Republic Party .... I oppose endless, unlimited funding.

My head is someplace in the middle. So lemme throw this out and ask you to help me bat it around. I am only thinking out loud here .... don't assume this is a proposal. IT IS NOT. It is simply a germ of an idea.

I think it is pretty clear we're not going to be in Iraq a whole lot longer. The end is in sight, to be sure, the raving of the lunatic class notwithstanding. But doing **anything** precipitously can become a minefield, even if most of the country *seems* be on your side.

So here's my idea ...... what if we articulate a funding policy that stipulates that (within broad standards of reason) the field generals can have anything they want. In other words, fund fully 'the troops'. But also stipulate the Pentagon gets an 'administrative maintenace' budget. I'm not as sure how to frame/state/articulate this, but the idea is to give the overall militrary enough to function but not enough to continue to wage war. I also don't know how to separate the waging of THIS war from the general operation of the military.

All of this would, of course, need to be framed as OUR plan to get the fuck out of Iraq. With the words 'get out' being operative.

Anyway .... comments appreciated.

[patrice]

1. I need to know how much progress they've made toward their Permanent Bases.

One or more permanent bases could already be sited anyway, because important logistical functions that are needed anyway, because we ARE there and need gas and food and Everything, and carrying out those logistical and support missions results, the longer we stay, in bases that become more and more permanent. Though I imagine that the BIG concrete construction isn't happening in the middle of a Civil War.

We must talk about the bases. They're what insure how long we stay there.