About Time

However, I will believe in the sudden growth of a collective spine when I actually see it:

WASHINGTON - A historic veto showdown assured, Democratic leaders agreed Monday on legislation that requires the first U.S. combat troops to be withdrawn from
Iraq by Oct. 1 with a goal of a complete pullout six months later.

"No more will Congress turn a blind eye to the Bush administration's incompetence and dishonesty," Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said in a speech in which he accused the president of living in a state of denial about events in Iraq more than four years after the U.S.-led invasion...

I wish 'em luck. But the Saudis will be pissed: their Consigliere wanted a reduced presence, not a complete withdrawal. It may be, however, that they know this will get sunk. It may be simply designed to do some pre-2008 posturing.