Posted on 05/04/2007 3:47:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
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The Democrats made the final payment this week. They are no longer just partially invested, but now they own defeat in Iraq, going on record with their votes in favor of retreat. What is most disturbing though, is not so much that they have made a tactical decision to broadcast our military’s itinerary to the enemy, putting our troops at a tremendous disadvantage and all but ensuring failure, but that so many of them seem to relish the prospect of defeat. These are harsh words, to be sure, but it is evident in their words and actions that Congressional Democrats’ strategy on the war contains a political component they believe will win them additional seats in 2008.
From the beginning of the war, many opponents of invading Iraq compared the conflict to Vietnam. Many of those using the comparison then seemed determined to make the Iraq conflict fit the Vietnam mold. Democrat politicians through their unquestioning mouthpieces in the media stirred up discontent at home by saying the commander-in-chief “lied us into” the war and that the war was unwinnable or even “lost,” and then took every opportunity to broadcast that message to the world. They trumpeted every setback in Iraq, while ignoring every accomplishment. This week they attempted to ensure the Vietnam comparison fit by sending the President a funding bill they knew he would veto, setting up two possible scenarios. If the bill were signed we would be telling the enemy not only of our intention to retreat, but our schedule for it. If the bill were vetoed, which it was, the military would go that much longer without funding for the things they need to fight the war. Democrats say (as does Rosie O’Donnell ), by the way) that they really love and support the troops. They want to bring them home from this horrible war so that no more of them will be killed or injured. So they decided the best way to do that was to let all the terrorists (insurgents, murderers, whatever you choose to call them) know how and when we would be leaving Iraq. A week ago presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani asked, "When in the history of war has a nation that decides to retreat printed up a schedule of that retreat and handed it to its enemies?" My answer would be a week ago, when the political opponents of the commander-in-chief decided a U.S. military defeat was in their best interest.
House speaker Nancy Pelosi said, “For the first time, the president will have to face up, will have to be accountable for this war in Iraq…And he doesn't want to face that reality." So to make the President accountable, they are attempting to take away his ability to control strategy for the war? Pelosi is the one having a problem understanding the reality of the situation. Democrats pushing for retreat will get lots of help from the media, and they may get some short term political advantage, but they will not be able to divorce themselves from a resulting defeat in Iraq if they get their way. With the president acting as commander-in-chief, he has made the decisions and has faced the consequences, including a costly political price paid last November. When Democrats insert themselves into the role of directing war policy, they buy into the outcome. In this case, when they are attempting to force retreat, they are buying some responsibility (and accountability as Pelosi put it) for defeat in Iraq. The war in Iraq is not, as so many vain, self-important opportunistic politicians believe, a matter of U.S. party politics. It is a battle for our security and for our very existence. If you doubt that statement, just consider the consequences of an early withdrawal from Iraq, which even most opposed to the war admit would be an incredibly unstable and dangerous situation. Add to that the message a U.S. defeat would send to the world. It would seem to vindicate Osama bin Laden’s opinion that we are soft and don’t have the will to fight or the capacity to endure losses. That image of weakness only emboldens terrorists and invites more attacks. Compare that to what could be gained by success in Iraq – not only in the immediate advantage of having a free democracy in the heart of the Middle East, but in the statement that it would make to the world and to terrorist leaders and their potential recruits about our willingness to fight them, even at great cost. This should not be about doing whatever will win one party or the other political advantage, but it should be about what is in the best long term interest of the country. Unfortunately, it appears political considerations are playing a significant role and, even more unfortunately, it seems that, yet again, for the Democrats to win, America must lose. |
Lorie Byrd is a Townhall.com columnist and blogs at Wizbang and at LorieByrd.com.
Needs to be repeated, again and again. I don't know how to make code pink and moveon understand this. They are so rabid in their hatred for the President and 'his' war. It seems even those who live in NYC have forgotten 9-11.
Nothing you can do. They are a lost cause. I don't even think another terrorist attack will change some hard left minds.
They are so rabid in their hatred for the President and 'his' war. It seems even those who live in NYC have forgotten 9-11.
They haven't forgotten, they've created alternate realities to justify their hatred. Rosie and her conspiracy theories are a prime example. I'm sure there are some Psychologists that will spend careers studying this phenomena.
Gee... if we hadn't pulled out of Vietnam, like the dems are proposing we do in Iraq, and did in Vietnam, there would be no human rights violations to protest against.
Ya gotta scratch your head in wonder, just how stupid are these people?
Oh.... never mind.
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You are correct. After all, according to the ‘genius’ Rosie, fire can’t melt steel.
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And these are the same "geniuses" who claim Bush is stupid.
LOL!!! So true!!!
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NEVER FORGET
A post-WATERGATE Democrat Congress’ owning defeat for a then Free South Vietnam long ago =
Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education (SLAVE LABOR) Camp
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts
NEVER FORGET
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Sometimes I wonder if the Democrats are just better “word-smiths” than Republicans.
If you believe that the killing in Iraq is related to the “Iraq WAR”, then you might be fooled into thinking that “ending” that “war” is as simple as bringing our troops home.
Of course, what is really happening in Iraq is the “Iraq CAMPAIGN” in a multi-front “War Against the Barbarians”.
Barbarians?
What better name for “people” who think is OK to kill innocent victims in order to create vivid propaganda? Or OK to use women and children as human shields? Or OK to use videos of beheadings as “recruiting tools”? Or use their “religeous” sanctuaries as bomb-factories? “Barbarian” may be too mild a word.
Whether we win or lose that “Iraq CAMPAIGN”, the “War Against the BARBARIANS” will continue. So I think the question should be: Do we want the Iraqi people and their oil supporting civilization? Or supporting the dark dreams of the Barbarians?
That SHOULD be an easy question to answer...
Don’t forget the DBM having a ‘cow’ when W used the word ‘crusades’ after 9-11.
Common sense to the sane.
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..”JOURNEY from the FALL”.. MoviePremieres = Fall of Saigon CLARITY..
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1806248/posts
This week Senator JOHN McCAIN visited the Vietnamese Vietnam War Memorial in Westminster, CA. A first for a U.S. Presidential Candidate.
This War Memorial is the only one in the world that honors both American and Vietnamese Soldiers who fought side by side for Freedom long ago in a then Free South Vietnam.
While there Sen. McCAIN received his very own DVD Copy of ..”JOURNEY from the FALL”.. from its Director.
So ..”JOURNEY from the FALL”.. now has a home right inside the U.S. Senate.
Let your own Senators know.
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