Macswain

Monday, February 27, 2006

Bush's approval rating drops to 34%.

In his testimony, Mr. Wolfowitz ticked off several reasons why he believed a much smaller coalition peacekeeping force than General Shinseki envisioned would be sufficient to police and rebuild postwar Iraq. He said there was no history of ethnic strife in Iraq, as there was in Bosnia or Kosovo. He said Iraqi civilians would welcome an American-led liberation force that "stayed as long as necessary but left as soon as possible," but would oppose a long-term occupation force. And he said that nations that oppose war with Iraq would likely sign up to help rebuild it. "I would expect that even countries like France will have a strong interest in assisting Iraq in reconstruction," Mr. Wolfowitz said. He added that many Iraqi expatriates would likely return home to help.

By Anonymous, at 7:21 PM
If Bush's popularity gets down below 30, maybe impreachment's not that far off. Interesting article recently in Harpers: Lewis Lapham makes the case for impeachment.
http://www.harpers.org/TheCaseForImpeachment.html

By Anonymous, at 10:11 AM
Personally I do not want anything to happen on the impeachment front until the next, hopefully "bluer" session of Congress, not that I do not feel that there is ample cause for impeachment.
What if article of impeachment are drawn but not ratified (is that how it works?), can they make an argument for double jeopardy?

By Anonymous, at 4:45 PM