One of the few mainstream media publications which gave a historical account of what Congress did - and did not - do to end the Vietnam war from 1969 to 1975. Well worth a read in conjunction with the more detailed and scholarly piece by Don Wolfensberger of Roll Call (see Related Story).

My major problem with this story is that it completely dismisses Congresses complete disregard for democracy. When 73% of the country wanted to pull out of Vietnam, how did the Congress not enact the legislation to do so? The article mentions that currently 56% of the American population wants the US military out of Iraq. This is a clear majority, but the article dismisses this as not enough support for Congress to enact legislation that will pull the military out of Iraq. In the "greatest democracy" on the planet, how can such a situation exist? Any serious historical analysis would address this question.