Quote PW,
Hooray for the Dems. Finally showing some intestinal fortitude!
Let's hope they hold their ground with their newfound backbone, and don't buckle in the delusional process of trying to win an unwinnable civil war.
Why then are the democrats (who are supporting the troops. Whose, we don't know?) waiting until tuesday to present this to the president? They are out of money now. Where is their concern for our troops? You may remember the troops, those terroristic, nazi's per certain democrats.
Why, why would anyone present a bill to the president that they know he won't sign and have zero opportunity of an overide if they were REALLY concerned for the troops?
I don't understand your point at all, Pointer>
The congress has sent a bill that fully supports the troops. All the President has to do is sign it. If he doesn't sign it, who then is not supporting the troops?
Now if we were really serious about imperialism and empire building, we'd reinstitute a draft in order to send in 1/2 million or more troops, declare Marshall Law, instill the government of our choosing, take over the oil assets, disarm all of the militias, both Shia and Sunni, and stabilize the country. Who would stop us? Now that is something I could understand. Not agree with, perhaps, but at least understand.
These half hearted measures like a 20k troop "surge", where we even have to extend tours, and extend new deployment orders to guard units that aren't ready, just to put more Americans into the line of fire on a mission that can't possibly succeed without the the full cooperation of the Iraqi government, who up till now have shown little willingness, and less ability to cooperate, just simply makes no sense, especially when there is a real threat we do face.
And in so doing we are "supporting" the troops? Get real! It's a foolish plan that borders on the criminal.
