Pelosi says efforts to end war won't stop

I believe it was Albert Einstein who said "insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, approaching the first anniversary of an election that lifted her party into power based largely on its opposition to the war in Iraq, said yesterday that Democrats will renew efforts to end the conflict with “a repetition of the same.”

Speaking at Meredith College, Pelosi said that Democrats in the House will file a new proposal next week that would withdraw combat troops by the end of 2008. It would restrict war funding after that date to pay only for embassy protection, targeted counterterrorism efforts and the limited training of Iraqi forces.

But Pelosi conceded later that the effort would mimic unsuccessful attempts of the past year to reduce America’s involvement in the war, and she gave no indication that she thinks that the new attempt will succeed.

“You won’t see a lot that is new,” Pelosi said. “It’s just a repetition of the same.”