Today I listened to Arizona Senator Jon Kyl, one of the President's apologists for a terrible war plan.
This administration went to war with the unprepared troops they had. They went to war with the wrong intelligence. They also went to war with the wrong equipment. Then they fired the Generals and the Architect of this war.
General Petraeus and Defense Secretary Robert Gates say we should give them another six months and more troops and they can win this thing. What they can't do is explain what "winning" means. If winning means further decimating the Iraqi
population and our own armed forces - and making Iran bolder - then I don't want to win.
The Democrats are giving Petraeus and Gates a year, twice what they say they need.
But Sen. Kyl criticizes them for giving the enemy the timetable for our withdrawal.
It's Petraeus and Gates, however, who have provided the timetable. Six months. But someone needs to ask them what they intend to do if we have not succeeded in six months.
The public has had enough of this war and the Democrats know it. They keep saying the public voted them in to stop the war. So stop it. Meaningless and gutless non-binding resolutions are a waste of time. They should make use of their public support and stop playing chicken.
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I agree.
The Dem supporters are terrified that they will be blamed if more deaths occur because of inadequate equipment.
The Repubs have been pushing the hype that we will be harming our soldiers, if we don't support the bill.
As usual, the Repubs have hit upon a winning strategy and they are succeeding again.
Next stop..Iran.
The Dems can't withhold funds. The public wants a "satisfactory" end and the killings to stop "soon".
The public voted for a change in leadership... the "Commander in Chief"; but there is little the Dems can do to stop him. They can only bring pressure on the Republican supporters of Bush and this war. If the Republicans can't cause a war policy change, nothing of consequence will improve until the leadership change in 2008.
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