Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifying Thursday at a House hearing on a request for midyear supplemental money. Mark Wilson/Getty ImagesFrom The New York Times:
WASHINGTON — Congressional Democrats are voicing increased concern about the Obama administration’s plans to escalate military involvement in Afghanistan and to try to stabilize the rapid deterioration in Pakistan, complicating the push by the White House for $83.4 billion in war spending and other aid.
“I’ve got the sinking feeling we are getting sucked into something we will never get out of,” said Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts.
The sentiment is increasingly echoed in both the House and the Senate. While it hardly signals that Congress is about to pull the plug on the war — leaders there are confident of a bipartisan vote to approve the administration’s request — it shows that even with a Democrat as commander in chief, his party’s longstanding qualms over the course of the war remain.
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My Comment: The Democrats are now stuck with Afghanistan. President Obama's decision to boost U.S. forces by an additional 21,000 soldiers have now committed his administration to the fight against the Taliban. Win or lose this one decision will reflect much of his administrations foreign policy in this part of the world. The Democrats in Congress will huff and puff .... but nothing is going to change.