than any damned Liberal Democrat!
Posted on 09/13/2007 1:57:57 PM PDT by billmor
The Vast Military Wisdom of the Democrats Posted by Bobby Eberle September 13, 2007 at 6:06 am
Befuddled and confused earlier this week on what to do regarding the testimony of Gen. David Petraeus, the Democrats now appear to be coalescing around a strategy. Prior to and during Petraeus's testimony, Democrats such as Harry Reid tried to discredit the general by calling him a liar and a mouth piece for the Bush administration. Now that the "liar strategy" has clearly failed, they are moving on to Plan B, which is to say that the recommendations by a career military officer with vast experience in Iraq don't go far enough.
As is being reported by the Associated Press, "Senate Democrats rejected a four-star general's recommendation to keep some 130,000 troops in Iraq through next summer and sought legislation that would limit the mission of U.S. forces."
The story goes on to note:
Their proposal was not expected to set a deadline to end the war, as many Democrats want, but restrict troops to narrow objectives: training Iraq's military and police, protecting U.S. assets and fighting terrorists, Democratic party officials told The Associated Press.
Seeing the Democrats struggle and attempt to implement military strategy and tactics from a legislative body would be funny if it weren't for the fact that American lives and the stability of the region are at stake. Rather than simple left wing cries of "bring our troops home now," the Democrats want to try their hand at being generals and deciding exactly how the military should be used. I'm not a constitutional scholar, but isn't that the duty of the president of the United States?
Gen. Petraeus reported that the troop surge is working, and because of it, America can soon begin to bring some of them home. In response, Reid blasted Petraeus's opinion by saying the "situation on the ground in Iraq has not changed at all."
As if the words of "military expert" Harry Reid were not enough, fellow "military expert" Barack Obama has joined in and called for an immediate withdrawal of American troops in Iraq by the end of 2008. Obama's plan for withdrawal does not consider the security situation in Iraq, the changes that might occur there politically or militarily, but simply says that a drawdown should "proceed at a steady pace of one or two brigades each month." Brilliant!
The Democrats are famous for using the "it's not enough" strategy on political issues. If the Republicans propose an increase in spending, something which the Democrats would love, they simply can't agree with Republicans or they won't score political points. So, they "disagree" by saying the spending is not enough. However, their problem with that strategy in dealing with Iraq means that they now have to be military experts (which they are not) and they have to obtain presidential powers (which they can't do). It's much better to leave military decisions to the generals.
Gee, and I always thought it was only half-vast.
The Democrats put all kinds of restrictions on the troops in Vietnam, too.
Democrat n. 1. An adept at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.
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The above represents their collective wisdom
OK....so “but restrict troops to narrow objectives: training Iraq’s military and police, protecting U.S. assets and fighting terrorists, Democratic party officials told The Associated Press”.....what the hell do they think they are doing over there? Sitting on their hands the way the Democratic Congress is doing? If they don’t like the numbers of troop pull outs, give us a number and justify it.
Set up a comittee of congress critters to monitor and supervise all ground operations, to go with the troops in the field to ensure compliance.
Yeah, I know it won't happen. But wouldn't it be nice to see them on the front lines?
Do the Dems demand a withdrawal from the rest of the world too?
And that’s your floating decimal, too! Right? (grin)
"Well, I think that this administration has not been very good at what's been called the exercise of 'soft power.'"
Dr. Alan KEYES:
"See, I think the great problem is that you cannot give a soft response to a hard threat. It would be kind of like trying to meet a bayonet with a spaghetti noodle. And it's not going to help the people of this country to survive."
than any damned Liberal Democrat!
Remember, the NeoComs sported signs that said:
We support our troops when they shoot their officers.
The traitors will have nothing less than our defeat in Iraq and everywhere else.
That, of course, if we let them.
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