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Help Joe Biden

Okay, I’m supporting Barack Obama for president (at least for the moment), but I still think everyone should go and sign Senator Biden’s petition at endingthewar.com. The petition says

“I strongly agree with Senate Democrats’ efforts to start bringing our troops home, narrow the mission of those that remain and pursue a political settlement in Iraq.

We should withdraw our combat troops by early 2008, except for a limited number necessary to keep training Iraqis and to deny terrorists a sanctuary.

And we should do that in the context of a comprehensive political, diplomatic and economic strategy that gives us a chance to leave Iraq without leaving chaos behind.”

It’s not enough, really. He should be saying; bring ‘em all home. But this compromise takes political realities into account, and may in fact be a solution that can make it through the Senate. With the wringing of many hands and the gnashing of many teeth first, of course.

So go forth and give ‘em your name. Because the only way Biden and his compatriots are going to get this thing through is if the Right wing realizes that there isn’t anyone left who’s in favor of the war.