Will Bush Allow Congress to Set Iraq Timetable?

Congress has narrowly passed a bill that would provide funding to the troops in Iraq. However, about an hour after this bill was passed President Bush was speaking in front of reporters telling them there is no way this law will pass, he said he was going to veto it.

Now why would the president veto a military funding bill you ask? Why would our commander-in-chief veto a bill that- if it does not pass will cause hardship for those serving in Iraq you ask?

Well let me clear the situation up: There is a little more then meets the eye with this bill. Attached to it are a few lines which set a timetable for when troops must withdraw from Iraq. Aha! The newly elected democratic majority in the house is exercising its new found slim majority by barely getting the time table put in the bill. There attempt at setting a timetable now makes it look like taking away funding from the troops if Bush doesn't sign in the bill.

Well let's think about this. If this bill doesn't get signed in, because the president vetoed it, because the democrats attached a time table for Iraq then who can we hold responsible if this military funding bill not getting passed causes severe hardship?

Well luckily there is another possibility. Yes, I'm talking about the minute possibility that President Bush realizes that him not signing the bill would be bad for everyone and changing his mind and signing it. Well, that would be great: It would be a very honorable act symbolizing the ability to compromise- exactly what you need in politics. However, it seems far too unlikely considering the track record of our nation's President and what he has said about time tables in Iraq. He's against them. President Bush holds dear to "we cant leave till the job's done, and we cant set dates for when that will happen".

Some would argue that we must set a timetable. They argue that American Soldiers are dying everyday for a fight they don't have a reason to be fighting- hailing from a nation where this war is ranked the LEAST POPULAR and it happens to currently rank as the SECOND LONGEST war since America's conception hundreds of years ago. Isn't that outrageous? They have also noticed that soldiers coming back from Iraq are experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder similar to the way WWII and Vietnam veterans did. Sometime soon the president will have the bill presented to him; from then on I guess we can just debate whose fault this cold be.