oh democrats...

The Democrats show us once again that they are all bark, no bite. Come on Democrats, grow a damn backbone and stick to the agenda that helped you win back Congress. Asking for a plan is not an unreasonable request. When I get a loan from the bank, they give me a payment plan and I am expected to follow it. And I'm not asking for $100 billion! This bow-down mentality exactly what is going to cost the Democrats the White House in '08. The Democrats got their original bill passed through both houses, it was Dubya who foiled it. They should have came back with a bill that would have gotten enough votes to override a veto, but still would have called for at least a minimal plan for the war.

Instead of setting schedules for pulling U.S. troops, it appeared the Democratic-run Congress and the Republican White House agreed for the first time to include conditions prodding Baghdad to make better progress toward quelling violence or risk losing around $1.3 billion in U.S. reconstruction aid.

"Prodding" Great. We're going to prod the Iraqi government.

Bush could waive the provision, however.

Suprise suprise. The Democrats are going to try again in July for a troop withdrawal plan but the White House has already called their bluff, so why bother?

Congress has approved about $450 billion to date for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, but economists also have been tabulating the long-term costs such as veterans' care.

AEI-Brookings total expected future costs for the Iraq war.

Oh yeah, where's bin Laden?