Why should the Democrats bother with referendums against the Iraqi war? Let W go ahead with his mindless, Ahab-like struggle against his Moby Dick (equals Iraq) conquest. It is sure to fail. We all know that. Even his own party knows that, and the Republicans facing relection in 2008 are already abandoning him. Republican considering Presidential campaigns are worried sick. Even the presidential candidates who support the war argue that Bush Jr. has mismanaged the Iraqi and Afghanistan campaigns and broader war on terror.
So, let it go. Dubya's misguided, psychologically troubled need to win the big one in Iraq will be his historical and moral undoing. The needless deaths of more American soldiers will be on his head; the blood of more senseless Iraqi versus Iraqi massacres will flow as a result. Because he refuses to listen to anybody who doesn't say what he wants to hear, the will of the American electorate will repudiate the war and especially the war-mongering of the neo-conservatives. Looks like an easy win for the Democrats, maybe a landslide from this view.
So, Democrats, stop fighting it -- give W as much leash as he needs. He's only going to destroy the credibility of the Republican Party. Isn't that want you want?