Democrats are in Iraq for the weekend.

Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi and several of her Democratic peers are in Iraq this weekend on a fact-finding mission. In which Pelosi says find a "greater understanding of the others' point of view," and "to convey to our troops the appreciation of the American people for what they're doing, to applaud their patriotism."The Pelosi delegation visited the heavily fortified Green Zone, site of the American Embassy, and met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

Pelosi has been a sharp critic of the Bush administration's conduct of the war and has led a drive in Congress against sending 21,500 more troops as part of a new security crackdown in Baghdad.

This come as several different resolutions are ciculating on Capitol Hill. My take is that the delegation is trying to show that they do support our troops but they do not support the President new strategy. As well they are gaining an education of the true situation in Iraq by being at the source, the Prime Minister has probably spoken to the delegation of how important the American presence in Iraq is and what the Iraqi government is doing at their end of the strategy. Even with the circulating resolutions their will be no change in policy, nor will a piece of legislation with holding funds from the military ever pass.