“Today is an historic day,” Ms. Pelosi said on the House floor. “The new Congress will vote to end the war in Iraq.”
That vote was not really “historic” Nancy. We’ve been down this road before Ms. Speaker. Democrats have been actively invested in America’s defeat for at least the last 50 years now (actually a compelling argument could be made for their being on the wrong side dating back to the Bolshevick Revolution but that is another post for another day). They were invested in our defeat and premature withdrawl in Viet Nam and just as our troops commence a new strategy to establish security in Bagdhad, are actively engaged in ensuring our defeat in Iraq- the “central front on the war on terror.” These people (Pelosi, Murtha, Conyers, etc…) are treacherous. You can’t be “for the troops” by deamanding retreat. But that is really all Democrats know, except of course when it comes to waging Jihad on conservatives and Republicans. When it comes to that ball of wax, “retreat” isn’t even in their vernacular.
Here is what the bill that the AP described as “A Triumph for Pelosi” will do:
It will be noted by our enemies in Iraq and will encourage them to inflict more casualties to further sour American support. It will make it harder for Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to disarm Shiite militias, who can point to the vote and say the Americans will soon be leaving. And most disgraceful, it will send a message to U.S. troops that they can fight on — albeit without much chance of success and without Congressional support.
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What this vote shows once again is that there are no more “Scoop” Jacksons, Trumans, or JFKs left in the Democrat Party. Lieberman was the last true Patriot in the parrty but he was shown the door once he committed the unforgivable sin of supporting the war in Iraq. This is the hard anti-war left party of George McGovern which has again demonstrated why they can’t be trusted with our national security.
President Bush should rightly veto the proposed legislation and let the world’s Jihadists including the domestic insurgent Democrats know that America never retreats and that we will leave Iraq only when our mission there is accomplished. Period!