Iraq

Is it a facade? Will it still be "Stay the Course" but with different rhetoric? It appears to me that the President is trying to listen to everyone, at least until he can find someone who agrees with what he has already decided and then he can have some backup for his postion. And it also appears that the democrats are going to do what they always do in situations like this, lay down and play dead. Is there going to be a change in policy as a result of election? I seriously doubt it. Can democracy be imposed on a country that has no history of democracy and has many different factions that are violently opposed to each other. He says he can't support a policy the would lead to defeat, I say there is no policy that will not lead to defeat. In this case what is defeat? If the only thing that can be declared a victory in Iraq is a stable democratic government and a lack of violence in the country, then there will never be a U.S. victory in Iraq, whether we are there two more years or fifteen more years. Can the democrats stand up to the President and force him bring the U.S. troops home? I don't think they have the stomach for it.