Wednesday, May 19, 2004
What should Congress do?
Some R's say we should focus less on abuse in prisons and more on "winning the war". I don't think there is necessarily a huge tradeoff, and there may be some complementarity. But either way, wouldn't focusing on the war entail discussing how it should be carried out? Cheney, Wolfy, Rummy, Condi, and co have proven ineffective, if not counter-productive (and in Dick's case, unhinged). If Congressmen want to focus on the war, they could have a real debate over what to do in Iraq, and who should do it. There are lots of ideas out there, but the admin doesn't even want to share much of its own plans.
