One of the things that’s been missing in the debate on the Iraq War supplemental bill has been Democrats talking about listening to the generals. Instead, they’ve been talking about President Bush not listening to the American people. This Washington Times article provides us with a typical Harry Reid quote:

“We hope the president will reconsider his stubbornness and his refusal to listen to the American people,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat.

That’s quite a contrast from what Reid and Pelosi said just a couple months ago. Here’s some of their quotes (H/T Captain Ed):

Senate Democrats voted unanimously to confirm General Petraeus in January.

• “Listen to the generals.” - Sen. Harry Reid, 01/19/2007
• “If the President won’t listen to generals, he won’t listen to the American people, who have spoken for a new direction, then perhaps he will listen to us, Congress, when we send him a supplemental bill that acknowledges reality in Iraq.” - Reid, 03/26/2007
• “Just listen to the generals.” - Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 02/27/07

What’s obvious to the trained observer is that the Democrats have now bought into the Insane Left’s agenda, lock, stock and barrel. Gone is the pretense that they believe in defeating the jihadists.

In fact, there’s proof that if they controlled both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, they’d make us fight the jihadists blind. That proof comes in the form of the legislation that John Conyers would “correct the Patriot Act”. The proof comes in the End Racial Profiling Act that Conyers and Pelosi co-sponsor.

In other words, it’s obvious that Reid and Pelosi would have us (a) obey “the will of the people”, (b) ignore THE GENERAL in Iraq and (c) fight the terrorists blind.

That’s what I’d call a disaster waiting to happen. One man fighting to avoid that disaster is Joe Lieberman. Here’s what he said during the debate:

The lone member of the Democratic caucus to vote against it was Sen. Joe Lieberman, Connecticut independent, who blasted his colleagues for saying U.S. troops don’t belong in the middle of Iraq’s “civil war.”

“Al Qaeda’s own leaders have repeatedly said that one of the ways they intend to achieve victory in Iraq is to provoke civil war,” he said in the floor debate. “They know that this is their best way to collapse Iraq’s political center, overthrow Iraq’s elected government, radicalize its population and create a failed state in the heart of the Middle East that they can use as a base.”

While we’re on the subject of civil wars, what’s the big deal about them? Democrats want us out of Baghdad because our soldiers are getting caught “in the middle of a civil war.” John Murtha’s used that mantra seemingly forever. Despite the calls for getting our troops out of harm’s way in Iraq’s ‘civil war’, Joe Biden is calling for military intervention in Darfur, which is in the midst of a true civil war.

I don’t recall Biden, Murtha, Reid or Pelosi whining about Bill Clinton sending in troops into the civil war known as Bosnia-Herzegovina. That war pitted Muslims against Christians, which is infinitely more explosive than what’s happening in Iraq.

The first inescapable truth in all this is that Democrats have frequently shifted the goalposts in this debate. The other inescapable truth in all this is that they’ve done this solely for political gain. This has nothing to do with national security. This has nothing to do with preventing future terrorist attacks.

The only thing this has anything to do with is winning more seats in the House and Senate and recapturing the White House. It’s one thing to play politics with taxes or social policy. It’s quite another when we’re dealing with life and death matters. Playing politics with that is as unacceptable as it is morally reprehensible. Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for their reprehensible behavior.

Then again, for that to happen would require a conscience, something that hasn’t been seen in a Democrat in years.

Technorati Tags: Iraq War, Defense Supplemental, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, John Murtha, John Conyers, Patriot Act, End Racial Profiling Act, Intelligence, Civil War, Bosnia, Darfur, Bill Clinton, David Petraeus, Joe Lieberman, National Security

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1. If our Congress were part of the military, all those who voted to signal defeat this week would be guilty of desertion in the face of the enemy.

   Comment by T. A. Gray — April 27, 2007 @ 8:25 am

2. Easy Reid answer: it’s too late to listen to the generals (he’s such a brilliant tactician he knows this inately.)

   Correct Reid answer: I’d rather lose ’cause I despise my country and president that much.

   Thought on the bumper sticker “He’s not MY president”: Yes, he is. Or else you’re an alien with a 50% chance of being an illegal.

   Comment by Carlos — April 28, 2007 @ 7:07 am

3. “He’s not my president” just shows the kind of Disneyland denial these loons are in.

   It aint my fault, its capitalism, I hate my country and its imperialistic aristocracy.

   Comment by T. A. Gray — April 28, 2007 @ 9:08 am

4. Dingy Harry is so brilliant he thinks last November’s vote was just to put in donkeys because of the war.

   In reality it was to get rid of elephants who were in fact donkeys trying to pretend to be elephants.

   PAY ATTENTION, ANY REPUBLICAN WHO WISHES TO KEEP HIS/HER OFFICE THIS NEXT TIME AROUND!

   And pay attention, Mr. Einstein Reid. Your traitorous, insipid political insanity is about to catch up with you.

   Comment by Carlos — April 28, 2007 @ 7:16 pm

5. I’m stationed at the Pentgon and wish to know how I can obtain a ticker/sign ” Pelosi, Reid killing our troops”.

   Comment by Ken Chrosniak — May 13, 2007 @ 7:24 pm