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The New York Times tells us today that House Democrats are seriously exploring the creation of an independent ethics arm to enforce new rules on travel, lobbying, gifts and other issues that Democrats intend to put in place on taking power next month and I welcome it. But I’ll wait until these reforms have been enacted and pushed through Congress before I celebrate. Incidentally, that’s the approach I’m taking to The Future of Iraq, as there are so many options out there that I’m not going to waste my energies getting too worked up before something happens. All the same, I’m glad that the Pentagon is putting the thought of more troops out there and I think that that, coupled with a “one-to-one-and-a-half-year deadline” for withdrawal would work well where Iraq’s future is concerned. Though I will say to the Democrats and the White House: do take these measures, each, seriously, because I believe that they would both work better than all other options at fulfilling their stated goals and correcting known problems.

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 13th, 2006 at 1:14 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs).