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HOW NOW TO END THE WAR? If you want a great run-down of the legislative prospects for redeploying troops now that GOP Senators have rejected one good faith attempt, check out Spencer Ackerman's reporting and analysis at TPM. Spencer concludes that Republicans are planning to finally change course in September, when General Patraeus makes his report on the status of the surge:
Two weeks ago, it was hardly clear that September would be the beginning of the end, as opposed to a potential rallying point for Republicans when Petraeus comes to Washington. But thanks to how the July debate unfolded, come September the GOP's victory today could look like a Pyrrhic one.It looks increasingly likely that Bush will change his tune in September as well, and begin to cautiously support some kind of draw-down. But perhaps that makes too much sense. --Dana Goldstein
