Louise Slaughter: “some might see this Iraq supplemental as a victory for President Bush in his never-ending quest to secure open-ended…”

“some might see this Iraq supplemental as a victory for President Bush in his never-ending quest to secure open-ended, unaccountable funding for his disastrous policy in Iraq. If so, it is a hollow victory. We can debate why and when our Iraq policy turned into the disaster that plays out every day in Baghdad and Dyala. But that debate really doesn't matter anymore, because the President's policy is a failure. And no amount of funding, with or without conditions, can fix it. The only thing that matters now is when and how we end this disaster, and when we bring our uniformed men and women safely home to their families and communities. Our troops did their job. They achieved their mission. They ended the brutal reign of Saddam Hussein, and confirmed for the world that there never were any weapons of mass destruction. They weren't sent to Iraq to take a bullet on behalf of the sectarian religious factions hellbent on civil war. Mr. Speaker, this supplemental only postpones the inevitable.”