Commentary: Bush is no Dummy

It can be a humungous mistake in the anti-war struggle to think that the
President is a dummy. His threat to veto the war appropriations bill
makes no sense at all unless he is - as they say in fencing - feinting.
What the President wants is $100 billion for more war. He has vetoed some
700 line items in other bills and he can veto the withdrawal timeline,
which is itself dubious at best and militarily disastrous at worst.


The $22 billion in perks which the Democrats have added to the bill is
throwing candy into the street. Those perks can go into another bill. If
we want to stop the war, we should not vote $100 billion for more war; we
should oppose the war appropriations bill.

- Jean G. Braun