How congress got us out of Vietnam: once upon a time, Congress put an end to a bloody debacle. It can do it again.

SINCE JANUARY 10, WHEN PRESIDENT BUSH PROPOSED a "troop surge" in Iraq, the administration has responded to legislative critics by stating that Congress cannot handle the responsibility of conducting an effective war. "You cannot run a war by committee," Vice President Richard Cheney told FOX News on January 14.

But Democrats are no longer willing to trust presidential decision making. "You don't like to micromanage the Defense Department," responded Congressman John Murtha, "but we have to, in this case, because they're not paying attention ...

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