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Old 07-19-2008, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Swede View Post
What???

Since when did we turn the foreign policy of the United States over to our generals and the officials of other nations? The "politicians in Washington D.C." are precisely the people who have the authority under our Consititution to determine the future course of this war. Relinquishing this authority to Generals and Iraqi pols is a dangerous and irresponsible precedent.
He didn't say "relinquish authority", you did. Bush said he is making the decisions based on the advice from the generals proscecuting the war. Nice try.
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