Two truly silly statements from the Democratic leadership. First, Madame Speaker Nancy Pelosi (HT Real Clear Politics):
“I believe redeployment of our troops is a step toward stability in the region.”
Next up, Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer:
“I would propose that [a] conference be carried out under U.N. auspices, with robust involvement from various Iraqi factions, neighboring countries, key Middle East nations, the European Union and others, with the hope of brokering deals on securing Iraq’s borders, disbanding militias, finalizing the constitution, establishing divisions of power and oil resources, and other issues.”
And in the same breadth:
“While the world can and should critically evaluate the administration’s flawed execution of this war, we cannot ignore the central argument that our action was, in part, a consequence of the international community’s failure to act multilaterally . . . The U.N. only talked in the face of international violations, even though history demonstrates that vacillation only emboldens those who seek to rule through force and terror.”
So the solution is to withdraw American forces and hope the international community can talk the militias out of killing each other, even though America was forced to act unilaterally by the failure of the international community to show any resolve. Which was the reality-based party again?
