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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
This entire debate is a political theatre. The Democrats are culpable on this because they are playing it for votes knowing it is a promise they can never keep.
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This is just wrong. There are a bunch of Democrats who would get us out. (Yes, bad things will happen when we leave. But our presence is not making things better.) These people are not playing for votes. They are saying what they mean, but they don't have the votes to force this result now.
There are other Democrats -- e.g., Hillary -- who want to keep a large force there, and who are trying to leave primary voters with the impression that they would change things more than they would. This is not "playing it for votes." These people are on a different page than the average voter, and trying to hide that fact.
What is preventing any change in policy is the President. There aren't enough votes in Congress to override his veto.
