Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said today, as reported by David Espo of the Associated Press, that it is time to "send a message to President Bush," and also, it appears, to Muqtada al-Sadr, who is probably jumping up and down right now, waving a banner that reads Hillary '08. The message, by the way is, "don't worry, we don't have the stomach to wage war, to do whatever it takes to win no matter the cost. Just hide out for a year or so, and then, when we've left, you can go back to killing people." Actually, the quote from the AP was that "the time has come to find a new way forward in this intractable war." I guess to Sen. Reid, the "way forward" is retreat.
I know what it is, folks, and if you search deep down in the cockles of your gallop poll results, you do, too. The report twice mentions the number 3,200. That's the number of U.S. lives sacrificed since the start of this conflict, and it's worth mentioning, but why twice in an article about funding? Actually, the media have been pounding the death toll into our heads since the very beginning, as if to say, "death, death, more violent death, and sadness should be your deepest emotion! Out! Out! Out of Iraq, it's not worth it..." Well, what would be worth it? Ask the men who took Iwo Jima. 4,197 killed in action, 19,189 wounded, 1,401 died of wounds, 494 missing, and that was within just over a month. That was one battle. To me, I hear the number 3200 over four years, and I think, "That's great, the military has never been better!" Most people think, "Those poor shlubs...Damn that evil Bush!"
Ask yourself this: what if, during 1941-1945, instead of Movietone Newsreels, you had CNN telling you we have no chance at victory, and a congress that defied the President at every turn calling for less funding for soldiers and more for Spinach crops and shrimp industry losses? Well, you don't have to imagine it, because Harry Reid and his ilk are making history, folks, and aren't you proud to be a part of it? Another first for America, the first time in our nation's history when our own congress takes weapons and training from our soldiers and gives hope to our enemy. All the terrorists have to do is mark their calenders, and all our soldiers have to do is...well, give up in disgrace. Sound good to you?
Me, neither. Fortunately, it appears that George Bush has recently had a spinal transplant, and I hope it takes, because that means "veto," but the dems can always get that 2/3 vote they need, so pray hard. Sen. Reid was also quoted as saying, "I would hope that [President Bush] would be willing to work with us in coming up with some language that both (houses of Congress) could accept. At this stage, he has been very non-negotiable. So we'll see what happens." The soldiers don't want your compromise, they want funding, and as a patriot, I don't want your language, either...I want action. I want to win. Be careful, Senator, that alarm clock you're giving to the insurgency may just show up as an IED on a busy Iraqi highway, or maybe even on the mall.
I know what it is, folks, and if you search deep down in the cockles of your gallop poll results, you do, too. The report twice mentions the number 3,200. That's the number of U.S. lives sacrificed since the start of this conflict, and it's worth mentioning, but why twice in an article about funding? Actually, the media have been pounding the death toll into our heads since the very beginning, as if to say, "death, death, more violent death, and sadness should be your deepest emotion! Out! Out! Out of Iraq, it's not worth it..." Well, what would be worth it? Ask the men who took Iwo Jima. 4,197 killed in action, 19,189 wounded, 1,401 died of wounds, 494 missing, and that was within just over a month. That was one battle. To me, I hear the number 3200 over four years, and I think, "That's great, the military has never been better!" Most people think, "Those poor shlubs...Damn that evil Bush!"
Ask yourself this: what if, during 1941-1945, instead of Movietone Newsreels, you had CNN telling you we have no chance at victory, and a congress that defied the President at every turn calling for less funding for soldiers and more for Spinach crops and shrimp industry losses? Well, you don't have to imagine it, because Harry Reid and his ilk are making history, folks, and aren't you proud to be a part of it? Another first for America, the first time in our nation's history when our own congress takes weapons and training from our soldiers and gives hope to our enemy. All the terrorists have to do is mark their calenders, and all our soldiers have to do is...well, give up in disgrace. Sound good to you?
Me, neither. Fortunately, it appears that George Bush has recently had a spinal transplant, and I hope it takes, because that means "veto," but the dems can always get that 2/3 vote they need, so pray hard. Sen. Reid was also quoted as saying, "I would hope that [President Bush] would be willing to work with us in coming up with some language that both (houses of Congress) could accept. At this stage, he has been very non-negotiable. So we'll see what happens." The soldiers don't want your compromise, they want funding, and as a patriot, I don't want your language, either...I want action. I want to win. Be careful, Senator, that alarm clock you're giving to the insurgency may just show up as an IED on a busy Iraqi highway, or maybe even on the mall.
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