Previously I have questioned not only Democrat judgment but, unlike many, their patriotism as well. Now, I add serious questions about their humanity to the list. Their willingness to play political ‘chicken’ with the lives of our brave men and women in battle is unconscionable.
With the passage by both the House and Senate of the Iraq Surrender Bill, which Democrats knew could not be signed by The President, the picture of who they really are more fully emerges. The Senate could not have passed the measure except for two despicable RINOs, Republicans Gordon Smith of Oregon and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, who chose to vote with the Left against the military and stab our troops in the back. This disgraceful duo continually abandons the people they are supposed to represent and both desperately need voting out of office. I salute Joe Lieberman as a patriot. He voted for the troops.
Instead of sending forward a ‘clean’ bill that addressed only the necessary funding for Iraq and Afghanistan, this scheming horde of defeatists loaded it with billions in pork and tax increases. Then, for good measure, they set cut and run deadlines. This was done with full awareness of our troops’ critical needs and certain knowledge that the measure would be D.O.A. They even took a recess in mid-debate to delay the process yet further. Now they’re dragging their feet, again, trying to time the bill’s inevitable veto with the fourth anniversary of President Bush’s “mission accomplished” praise for the dazzling efforts of our troops in defeating the Iraqi army.
You may recall my previous statements about the Liberal Democrats’ total investment in defeat. As if to prove it, last week Harry Reid pronounced the war lost [see 4/25/07 post "Reid Must Go"]. At the same time, he remarked to a colleague, “We’re going to get some votes out of this”. Today, Dirty Harry is trying to shift the blame for any lack of troop funding onto our President, clearly the scenario that was designed from the start.
Meanwhile, as these callous jackals maneuver for their own self interest, we have sons, daughters, husbands and wives being placed further in harm’s way because the funds to support them are still tangled in Democrat gamesmanship. All those playing have American blood on their hands. Thanks to the twisted ambition of Reid, Pelosi, Biden, Schumer, et al, our front-line military has to improvise by using old, outdated weaponry and their daily survival depends upon their ability to make do or do without.
R.S.F.
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