Congressional gutless wonders
Ralph Peters - spot on.
Thank goodness from some Senate Republicans who, at least for the moment, stopped the insanity.The "nonbinding resolution" telling the world that we intend to surrender to terrorism and abandon Iraq may be the most disgraceful congressional action since the Democratic Party united to defend slavery.
The vote was a huge morale booster for al Qaeda, for Iraq's Sunni insurgents, and for the worst of the Shia militias.
The message Congress just sent to them all was, "Hold on, we'll stop the surge, we're going to leave - and you can slaughter the innocent with our blessing."
We've reached a low point in the history of our government when a substantial number of legislators would welcome an American defeat in Iraq for domestic political advantage.
posted by Matt Friedeman at
11:04 PM
1 Comments:
Why do we frame everthing an opponent does in the worst possible light? "...the most disgraceful congressional action since the Democratic Party united to defend slavery.", that is pretty absurd. Lets start with the assumption that the overwhelming majority of American citizens do not want America defeated in any way. Next, lets also agree that we can disagree on how something can be done without supporting the enemy. I will only speak for myself, I am a Democrat and I do not want America to be defeated nor do I think the direction we have taken leads to success. Its not a situation where either I agree with your way of thinking or else I am a terrorist sympathizer. Right or wrong, there were people that called others cowards for suggestions they made that are now being employed. Bush use to think nation building was awful, now he does it. He said we would never talk to Iran and Syria, now he thinks it is a good idea. I could list lots of other things and its not about whether those things are good ideas or not, it is about what we are doing to debate and discussion. Being at war is a lot like playing football. Before or after the game, you may be able to hear the crowd and know who is cheering or booing, but during the game, its all about the game. We act like everything we do has some effect on the ability of our soldiers to fight or the ability of the terrorists to fight. I think its intellectually dishonest and a shame to try and frame every disagreement on tactic and strategy as being a morale booster for terrorists.
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