Bush seeks parade from stampede

[Janett_Reno]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/...nry/index.html

As an increasing number of Republican senators break with the president on the war and say they want large numbers of U.S. troops to start coming home


That's likely to be further grist for senior Republicans, like Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, to say the president can no longer wait until September for a drastic change in strategy.

[Janett_Reno]

Sen. Lugar: Bush's Iraq Strategy Is Not Working


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,...olitics/senate


Republican Sen. Gordon Smith explains why he thinks conflict in Iraq might be 'criminal'.

Sen. Gordon Smith (R-OR): Bush’s Iraq Policy ‘May Even Be Criminal’
As the 109th Congress drew to a close, Sen. Gordon Smith took to the Senate floor and delivered a scathing indictment of President Bush’s policy in Iraq. Gordon said, “I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way being blown up by the same bombs day after day.”

Smith added, “That is absurd. It may even be criminal.” Watch it:


http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/09/...iraq-criminal/

GORDON: I, for one, am at the end of my rope when it comes to supporting a policy that has our soldiers patrolling the same streets in the same way being blown up by the same bombs day after day. That is absurd. It may even be criminal. I cannot support that any more. I believe we need to figure out not just how to leave Iraq but how to fight the War on Terror and to do it right.

[dude1394]

The surrender-party is rubbing off on the republicans.

[Janett_Reno]

Not all, just some. Bush/Cheney is not going down to surrender. Rumsfield was the same, he wasn't either.

[dude1394]

Originally Posted by Janett_Reno

Not all, just some. Bush/Cheney is not going down to surrender. Rumsfield was the same, he wasn't either.

Thank goodness some are willing to put their jobs on the line to do what's right.

[FishForLunch]

I am yet to read how exactly this surrender will take place in any newspaper.Will the US troops leave driving through the south into Kuwait or the North through Turkey? Will the troops relocate to forward operating bases like Qatar, Japan:-) etc..

Should be interesting to watch the Senators speak out of their asses while we surrender in Iraq.

It is going to be a really sad moment in history.

[dude1394]

Righteous anger by Peters. This would only be the second mass-murder instigated by the democrat party. Didn't seem to hurt them before, they should be okay with this one.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07112007...ers.htm?page=0

THE 'QUIT IRAQ' CAUCUS:

By RALPH PETERS

July 11, 2007 -- EVEN as our troops make serious progress against al-Qaeda-in-Iraq and other extremists, Congress - including Republican members - is sending the terrorists a message: "Don't lose heart, we'll save you!"

Iraq's a mess. Got it. The Bush administration has made so many mistakes I stopped counting a year ago. But we've finally got a general in Baghdad - Dave Petraeus - who's doing things right. Iraqi politicians are still disgracing themselves, but our troops are killing America's enemies - with the help of our former enemies.

Al-Qaeda-in-Iraq is suffering a humiliating defeat, as fellow Sunni Muslims turn against the fanatics and help them find the martyrdom they advertise. Yet for purely political reasons - next year's elections - cowards on Capitol Hill are spurning the courage of our troops on the ground.

The frantic political gamesmanship in Congress would nauseate a ghoul. Pols desperate for any cover and concealment they can get have dragged the Iraq Study Group plan from the grave.

Masterminded by former Secretary of State Jim "Have Your Hugged Your Saudi Prince Today?" Baker, the report is a blueprint for a return to yesteryear's dictator-smooching policy (which helped create al Qaeda - thanks, Jimbo!).

That Baker report reminds me of cheap horror films where the zombies just keep coming back - except that zombies retain a measure of integrity.

But if Republicans are rushing to desert our troops and spit on the graves of heroes, the Democratic Party at least has been consistent - they've supported our enemies from the start, undercutting our troops and refusing to explain in detail what happens if we flee Iraq.

So I'll tell you what happens: massacres. And while I have nothing against Shia militiamen and Sunni insurgents killing each other 24/7, the overwhelming number of victims will be innocent women, children and the elderly.

Bosnia? That was just rough-necking at recess compared to what Islamist fanatics and ethnic beasts will do. Given that Senate Majority Misleader Harry Reid and Commissar of the House Nancy Pelosi won't tell us what they foresee af- ter we quit, let me lay it out:

* After suffering a strategic defeat, al-Qaeda-in-Iraq comes back from the dead (those zombies again . . .) and gets to declare a strategic victory over the Great Satan.

* Iran establishes hegemony over Iraq's southern oil fields and menaces the other Persian Gulf producers. (Sorry, Comrade Gore, even that Toyota Prius needs some gasoline . . . )

* Our troops will have died in vain. Of course, that doesn't really matter to much of anyone in Washington, Democrat or Republican. So we'll just write off those young Americans stupid enough to join the military when they could've ducked out the way most members of Congress did.

* A slaughter of the innocents - so many dead, the bodies will never be counted.

But I hope somebody tries to count the dead after our Congress kills them. As for those on the left who sanctimoniously set out rows of shabby combat boots to "teach" the rest of us the cost of war, I fully expect them to put out displays of women's slippers and children's shoes to show the world how many innocents died when they "brought our troops home now." (Note to the demonstrators - better start bulk-ordering those slippers and booties now.)

I hate the long-mismanaged mess in Iraq. I wish there were a sensible, decent way to get out that wouldn't undercut our security and produce massive innocent casualties. But there isn't. Not now. And, like it or not, we have a moral responsibility as well as practical interests in refusing to surrender to the butchers in Iraq.

This has been the Bush-Cheney War. But it will only be fair to call the carnage after we run away the "Reid-Pelosi Massacres."

[Lwin]

The above article is satire.

[George Gervin]

Originally Posted by Lwin

The above article is satire.

It is rather humerous..