If Bush vetoes troop funding

[LuckyTheDog]

If Bush vetoes troop funding and then refuses to negotiate with Congress for a deal everyone can live with - then Congress really has no choice but to ignore Bush's emergency request for funds.
Bush is not empowered by the Constitution to dictate to Congress.

So, suppose such an impasse is reached: Suppose Bush vetoes the funding bill and refuses to work out a deal. And suppose Congress then says "OK, fine, then, we'll have no deal."

What should happen next? I say that, in that case, Bush would have no choice but to order the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

[onenote]

1. your analysis may be correct, but my bet is that it doesn't play out that way

[LuckyTheDog]

2. I think the Dems may cave

But I think they should hold firm on making Bush negotiate a deal. Congress cannot allow any president to simply dictate to it. That would be a dangerous precedent.

But, if Dems do hold firm, I expect Bush to try something bizarre - like ordering the Treasury to release the funds without Congressional approval - citing his "unitary" powers as the justification. And then we'd be off to the races, so to speak.