Cut & Run Hillary

Why am I not surprised by the change of this tune?

U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a 90-day deadline to start pulling American troops from Iraq.

Clinton, the wife of former President Bill Clinton, has been criticized by some Democrats for supporting authorization of the war in 2002 and for not renouncing her vote as she seeks the U.S. presidency in next year's election.

"Now it's time to say the redeployment should start in 90 days or the Congress will revoke authorization for this war," the New York senator said in a video on her campaign Web site, repeating a point included in a bill she introduced on Friday.

Hmm. "Revoke authorization for this war" is interesting considering that they couldn't even pass a resolution showing disapproval of the surge. Does she really think the Dems have the votes enough to withdraw the AUMF? I'm betting no. I would say the disapproval of the surge would get far more votes than the withdrawal of the AUMF. There are some Dems that still believe that we have to do the right thing to ensure Iraq doesn't turn into a breeding ground for further terrorist threats. I'm hopeful that the politicians not running for president will be a lot more intelligent on this than Hillary.

Clinton's bill would require congressional authorization to exceed her proposed cap on U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

Bush, announcing the troop increase on January 11, said stepping back prematurely would collapse the Iraqi government, tear the country apart "and result in mass killings on an unimaginable scale."

"If George Bush doesn't end the war before he leaves office, when I'm president, I will," Clinton said in the video.

Interesting that she can't even be polite enough to refer to the standing president by his title. Senator Hag is also predicting her presidency, which really makes me want to start contributing money toward anyone who could defeat her.