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Posted on 01/30/2003 8:39:36 AM PST by mabelkitty
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:11:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
It's a tradition that politics stops when America goes to war and everyone gets behind the troops - but some Democrats who voted for an Iraq attack last fall are now busy second-guessing President Bush at the 11th hour.
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The war and casualties, and trying to damage the economy eleven months before the first Democratic primary, are what they are using to gain power 2004.
But more chillingly, the author is corredt. If all of our military is sitting in the ME waiting for the word go, then why would the Democrats change their mind and demand a second resolution from the UN? Is it really to make our military vulnerable? I believe, now, that it is. The more this drags on and splits our government, the more time Iraq has to call in his terrorists from around the world.
I plead with you so send to everyone you know.
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I think I'm going to be sick!
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It's a tradition that politics stops when America goes to war and everyone gets behind the troops - but some Democrats who voted for an Iraq attack last fall are now busy second-guessing President Bush at the 11th hour.
Like Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle, who voted yes last fall, but now makes it sound as if it's Bush - not Saddam - who has a "credibility gap."
Or take Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), who also voted yes on Iraq last fall and says her position "has not changed" - but last week blistered Bush and claimed it's a "myth" for him to suggest America is any safer than on Sept. 10.
For some analysts, the the attacks show once again how many Dems have shied away from use of force ever since Vietnam - but for others it reflects a more cynical calculation.
"If you support Bush on Iraq and he wins, you gain zip," explained a Democratic strategist. "If you support him and he loses, you lose along with him. But if you oppose him and things go bad, you stand to be a big winner."
That is both breathtaking and revolting.
At a time when U.S. troops seem headed in harm's way, this strategist - and several other Democrats who are disgusted with their own party - suggest some Dems are calculating they could gain politically if there are body bags.
"They're playing politics with war. It's as if they are setting themselves up for failure. They must have taken too many trade missions to France," says a Democratic activist.
Oh, should have added...to back up the above statement, I offer the following evidence, which BTW, never made it to any mainstream media although all the usual suspects were in attendance... ...from August 16, 2002 concerning the dock workers strike...
So...they were trying to undermine the economy right before the last election. I just happened to find this in a search about the dock workers strike, I saw nothing on any of the major media sources about this rally even though it states thousands were in attendance, including some very prominent figures. How strange is that?“Contract, Yes! Government intervention, No!” was the message of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the AFL-CIO, Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and many mayors at rallies up and down the West Coast, Aug. 12. Thousands took to the streets in protest of a threat by the Bush administration to take over ports militarily in the event that the union decides to strike.
“I’m here because I think you are right on track. The stakes could not be higher,” Daschle said to the Portland, Ore., rally. “I say this administration is wrong, wrong, wrong, and you’ve got every right to fight, fight, fight!” “We will be with you until the last day to see that you get what you deserve,” Daschle said as he pledged that Democrats nationwide would defend the union’s right to strike.
Backing that message were other prominent Congressional Democrats including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.), who joined Daschle in Portland; Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and House Democratic Whip Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) sent strongly worded messages to the rallies.
Jesse Jackson appealed for support for the Democratic Party against Bush. Younger workers were more combative. A young woman who is a part-time worker and ILWU member said, “Bush stole the election and engineered this phony war so that he can pass the laws that he wanted in the first place, so that the rich can profit. Now we have to fight with everything we have. If we strike, they may intervene. If they do that, there may be bloodshed.”
Source (Warning: Socialist Website)
A) Al-Queda have been ordered to engage the U.S. troops in an effort to draw some of the forces away from Iraq, or more likely, B)or troops are getting some good intel.
I don't think that's what he's doing or going to do. Rather, he'll call them in individually and dispense his WMD to them, so that they can carry out attacks after he's gone. Delay is deadly right now, and I believe we will regret it.
Ahh. Revisting a nasty campaign plan.
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