Reply #4: Too pessimistic.

[Bucky]

The president controls troop movements, but the Congress can simply allocate only the moneys needed to maintain current troop levels. When somebody at the Pentagon tells KBR, Northrop Drummond, and Bechtel that they're not going to get paid for all the stuff they're ordering, someone in the White House will get the message that the surge is not on.

The reason I'm optimistic that we can stop this idiocy is that the people, finally, are against the war and specifically against this troop surge. I know DUers like screaming "nazi" at Bush all the time, but my money is on democracy and the people getting what they want. When you look at all the conservatives clearing the deck like rats off a sinking ship, it's a sign that the worm has turned.