Mission Accomplished

In the words of our fear-mongering leader: "If I didn't think it was necessary for the security of our country, I wouldn't put our kids in harm's way."
Veto comes from the Latin, meaning "I forbid". President Pinhead has put his pointy little foot down about the notion of timelines and the war in Iraq. No one is going to tell him when it's time to quit. "I am confident that with goodwill on both sides that we can move beyond political statements and agree on a bill that gives our troops the funds and flexibility to do the job that we asked them to do," said his apex-craniumness.
Flexibility? "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Merriam Webster tells us: characterized by a ready capability to adapt to new, different, or changing requirements - a flexible foreign policy - a flexible schedule. Schedule? That doesn't sound a bit like "timetable", does it? At the risk of allowing the terrorists another victory, let's talk timetables here at home. There are two weeks left until Congress takes their two-week break for Memorial Day. Our troops in the desert won't be heading home during that time while they wait for things to get sorted out. "We're not going to leave our troops in harm's way . . . without the resources they need," said Maryland's Steny Hoyer. He was reluctant to say exactly what the new bill would look like, but said he anticipates a minimum-wage increase will be part of it. He also said the bill should fund combat through September 30 as Pinhead has requested, casting doubt that Democratic leaders would adopt a proposal by Representative John Murtha of Pennsylvania (a Republican), to fund the war two or three months at a time. Maybe we should take solace in history - the Hundred Years' War lasted one hundred and sixteen years. Go figure.