Reid’s Obstinance Hurting Soldiers
If anyone thought that Harry Reid was interested in defeating the terrorists, then this article will prove them wrong. It’s obvious that Reid’s only interested in playing political chicken with President Bush to score political points.
Frankly, his posturing is pathetic and appalling. Here’s what I’m basing that on:
The Senate’s Democratic leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, responded that Bush must choose between holding to “discredited policies” in Iraq or working with lawmakers on a new course.
It’s long past time that President Bush took Reid, Pelosi and the other defeatist Democrats to the woodshed. Reid and Ms. Pelosi keep insisting that President Bush hasn’t changed course, which is patently absurd considering the new results coming from Iraq.
- Muqtada al-Sadr fled to Tehran.
- Sadr’s Mahdi Army is splintered.
- Sadr’s cabinet secretaries resigned, weakening Sadr’s political power.
- Sunnis in Anbar province are leading MNF and Iraqi forces to AQI troops.
In addition to all that, Fred Kagan has written a brilliant article outlining why the Petraeus Offensive is working.
Despite this litany of facts, Harry Reid and Pelosi insist that President Bush hasn’t changed course. They’re inferring that David Petraeus, the foremost authority on counterinsurgencies, is doing the same old same old. As far as I’m concerned, that’s verifiable proof that Harry Reid isn’t interested in facts or winning. His only goal is winning legislative ‘victories’.
I’d further add that Harry Reid is as intellectually dishonest as any Congressional leader I’ve ever seen. Voters should recognize that Reid isn’t interested in making America safer. They should recognize that Reid’s mission at this point is in winning a political victory. The saddest thing is that that ‘victory’ will weaken America for a generation.
“The president has a choice to make in the coming days: Cling to the discredited policies that have led our troops further into an intractable civil war, or work with a bipartisan majority of Congress to make us more secure,” said Majority Leader Reid.
“We’re committed to pressing these goals to the administration until they do change course,” he said.
At the end of the day, Reid will get rolled. Carl Levin, Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama have all said that they won’t deny funds for troops in the field. That’s a losing hand for Reid if ever I saw one.
I’ll make another prediction: Reid will either retire voluntarily or he’ll get fired the next time he’s up for re-election.
Here’s what Sen. Levin said:
Sen. Carl Levin, a Democrat and chairman of the Armed Services Committee, told reporters in Michigan Monday that if Bush vetoes their original bill, Democrats would go with a “second-best approach” to dealing with security issues in Iraq. He said the second bill would tie U.S. economic and military support to the Iraqi government’s ability to meet performance benchmarks.
That sounds alot like caving to the President to me.
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Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
April 17th, 2007 at 1:45 am
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April 17th, 2007 at 1:51 am
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April 17th, 2007 at 7:03 am
It’s great to hear winning and victory used in such nebulous ways. Winning at this point is a disaster. For the President to call the political card against his opposition is laughable since he uses the troops every chance he gets and when it comes time to dole out money for the VA; we get Walter Reed.
The amount of wasted funds has never been held against the failure-in-chief. When it came time to appropriate money for training and suitable body armor, the GOP snored.
What are we winning at this point? The right to put up another Burger King behind miles of concrete? Bush already handed this failed state to the Iranians.