1.0 link 23098 <![CDATA[The Iraq Debate]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-jim-mcdermott/the-iraq-debate_b_23098.html The Iraq debate in the House of Representatives should begin with one fundamental truth: We are in Iraq and our leaders have no plan to get out of Iraq.

The President says U.S. soldiers will stay in harm's way, for as long as he says so.

"We will stand down," our leaders say, "when the Iraqis stand up." In other words, Iraqi clerics and the factions they control and the decisions they make will determine what we can do.

The...

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