2/14/07
Happy Valentine's Day, one and all.
The House of Representatives finally opened up debate on the much ballyhooed Nonbinding Resolution opposing the President's escalation of the Iraqi War. In a move that can only be described as predictably dissapointing, the Republicans in both Houses have been trying to quell this debate, arguing that it's mere existence is "hurting the troops". By the way, Joe Lieberman has aligned himself with the Republicans on this one, proving once and for all that Connecticut is a bunch of fucking assholes for re-electing that piece of shit.
But I digress. The point is it is pretty disturbing that so many on the right, which, according to its tradition, should believe in limiting the power of the executive and deliberating all courses of action extensively, seem to believe that anything Bush wants to do with his military should not only be approves, it should not even be up for discussion, for any discussion might damage the morale of the troops.
Part of me doubts that the troops are sitting around Iraq, watching CSPAN and going into a funk because Nancy Pelosi thinks that the President is wrong in his universally unpopular idea to keep throwing more bodies into the fire. Another part of me doubts that the REAL threat to troop morale ISN'T an apparently unterminable war which keeps getting the same troops called back over and over again because, for some reason, the armed forces now can't seem to find any recruits.
The bad news for the Republicans is the American people have seen through this act. They saw through it last November, when the Democrats pulled the Republicans' pants down and spanked them with moon rocks. And many Republicans are getting the message - an estimated 60 of them are going to break ranks and vote FOR the Resolution, giving it almost 2 to 1 approval. The Senate may or may not follow with their own Resolution, but know this, the Democrats are finally speaking out against this war, albeit years to late. And all this talk about how discussion of this war emboldens the enemy is finally losing its effectiveness.
Happy Valentine's Day, one and all.
The House of Representatives finally opened up debate on the much ballyhooed Nonbinding Resolution opposing the President's escalation of the Iraqi War. In a move that can only be described as predictably dissapointing, the Republicans in both Houses have been trying to quell this debate, arguing that it's mere existence is "hurting the troops". By the way, Joe Lieberman has aligned himself with the Republicans on this one, proving once and for all that Connecticut is a bunch of fucking assholes for re-electing that piece of shit.
But I digress. The point is it is pretty disturbing that so many on the right, which, according to its tradition, should believe in limiting the power of the executive and deliberating all courses of action extensively, seem to believe that anything Bush wants to do with his military should not only be approves, it should not even be up for discussion, for any discussion might damage the morale of the troops.
Part of me doubts that the troops are sitting around Iraq, watching CSPAN and going into a funk because Nancy Pelosi thinks that the President is wrong in his universally unpopular idea to keep throwing more bodies into the fire. Another part of me doubts that the REAL threat to troop morale ISN'T an apparently unterminable war which keeps getting the same troops called back over and over again because, for some reason, the armed forces now can't seem to find any recruits.
The bad news for the Republicans is the American people have seen through this act. They saw through it last November, when the Democrats pulled the Republicans' pants down and spanked them with moon rocks. And many Republicans are getting the message - an estimated 60 of them are going to break ranks and vote FOR the Resolution, giving it almost 2 to 1 approval. The Senate may or may not follow with their own Resolution, but know this, the Democrats are finally speaking out against this war, albeit years to late. And all this talk about how discussion of this war emboldens the enemy is finally losing its effectiveness.
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