Changing of the guard in Washington – well some of them anyway

OK Nancy and Co, you got what you wanted, what are you going to do about the Iraq mess and all the money we borrowed? Remember there’s not a long honeymoon here. Make the same mistake as the last time around and your crowd will get to be the minority again.

In his Washpost opinion column William Arkin writes , “

A solid majority of voting Americans, according to both exit polls and the results, disapprove of the Iraq war and President Bush’s job performance, mostly due to his handling of national security.

The Democrats and the administration now need to work together to craft the safest possible withdrawal strategy”…more.

There are more Dems with a military background, such as, Retd. Vice Admiral Joe Sestak, Chris Carney, a Navy Reserve Intelligence officer and hopefully Jim Webb in the Senate to put some serious muscle in helping the Dems come up with an alternate plan and to be able to sell it.

I couldn’t help myself, I posted a comment in his blog,

“I hope the Dems take what you wrote to heart, they probably have a shorter shelf life than the Neocons who helped create this mess in Iraq and borrowing and spending more money like drunken sailors on shore leave.

I am with the couple of commenter who wrote calling the architects of the Iraq war to book, these people should be tried as war criminals. At a minimum they should never be allowed to work in Government again.

I also don’t have a whole lot of hope with the Dems, there’s probably only a hair’s breadth of difference between the two parties. I think its time for a third political party that works for all Americans instead of just the campaign donors, socially liberal, financially responsible and militarily less adventurous. Way way less adventurous.”