Saturday, July 21, 2007

The Continuing Quest To Lose The War

Hey folks,

I just posted the President’s Rose Garden Speech from yesterday. Some highlights?

“It is time to rise above partisanship, stand behind our troops in the field, and give them everything they need to succeed.”

This is not going to happen. They suffer, to greatly, from the effects of BDS. They have to lose this war. If America wins, they are done politically. They are fighting for their very survival. They HAVE to do everything they can to cause surrender and defeat, without putting the blame on them.

“In February, I submitted to Congress a Defense Department spending bill for the upcoming fiscal year that will provide funds to upgrade our equipment for our troops in Iraq and provides a pay raise for our military -- it's a comprehensive spending request that Congress has failed to act on. Instead, the Democratic leaders chose to have a political debate on a precipitous withdrawal of our troops from Iraq. The House and Senate are now scheduled to leave for their August recess before passing a bill to support our troops and their missions. Even members of Congress who no longer support our effort in Iraq should at least be able to provide an increase in pay for our troops fighting there.”

Notice that the LWL have said “How dare the Iraqi Government take time off while we are at war there. Uh, see you after our summer break.”

They do not want to support the troops. They want us to lose. But again, they want the blame on YOU Mr. President, not on them. If they truly believed that surrender and leaving the bloodbath that follows was as popular as the Mass Media reports, they would just cut the funding totally and bring the troops home.

As for them coming back with less than a month before the funds run out? They did this before. This is not new. Same old garbage they keep doing over and over.

“Just this week, our military forces announced the capture of one of al Qaeda's top Iraqi leaders. He helped to form what al Qaeda calls the Islamic State in Iraq, in an attempt to replicate what the Taliban had created in Afghanistan. Today that leader is under arrest, and his followers are under siege.”

They just ignore progress. It doesn’t fit their mission.

“They confirmed General David Petraeus as commander of our forces without a single dissenting vote. And now, barely a month after his strategy became fully operational, many of those same senators are saying that that strategy has failed.”

Again, they cannot have success. They have even come out and said, we will not believe the report in September no matter what it says. So they have become completely worthless and meaningless. This do nothing Congress is more of a danger to the American people, and the people of Iraq than some of the failed terrorist attacks.

“Failure in Iraq would allow terrorists to operate from a safe haven with access to the world's third largest oil reserves. Failure in Iraq would increase the probability that at some later date, American troops would have to return to Iraq to confront an enemy more dangerous and more entrenched. Failure in Iraq would send an unmistakable signal to America's enemies that our country can be bullied into retreat.”

They do not care. They see failure in Iraq as a political tool to “get” you Mr. President.

LWL member and Traitor Pelosi’s response?

"The partisan attacks by President Bush only demonstrate his administration's unwillingness to work with Congress to give our men and women in uniform the support they deserve, including a new direction in Iraq," said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

WRONG! You are the partisan one. YOU are the Surrender Money. You are nothing but an impotent and unimportant tool of the Looney base. The Moveon.org type. YOU are bought and paid for. Owned by the likes of George Soros.

Then you have this by the AP-House to defy Bush with defense bill By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press Writer

House Democrats next week will introduce a $460 billion military spending bill they will use to challenge the war in Iraq, try to close Guantanamo Bay prison and increase oversight of defense contractors.

The annual legislation is considered a must-pass bill to fund the military's fleet of vehicles and aircraft, research efforts and servicemember payrolls. It covers the 2008 budget year that begins Oct. 1.

You see the same old tactic here don’t you? {Sigh} This is getting old. Sad thing is some are still believing the bunk.

Overall, the bill is on track to give President Bush much of what he wants. The measure includes nearly $100 billion in procurement spending and would fund several of the Pentagon's big-ticket items, including $3.2 billion to buy 20 F-22 Raptor aircraft.

It also would provide $1.6 billion more than Bush wanted for shipbuilding to buy five new Navy ships; $1.1 billion extra for an eighth Army brigade of Stryker vehicles; and $705 million more than requested for development of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

The House Appropriations Committee planned to review the bill Wednesday, with floor debate the following week. Details of the proposal were obtained in advance by The Associated Press.

The measure does not include Bush's 2008 funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Democrats said they wanted to consider that money in separate legislation this September — a tactic that leaves open the possibility of refusing to fund the war or attaching strings to the money if progress in Iraq is not made by then.

They give more than what the President asks for, but then they stick in things they KNOW he will not accept. Therefore, when he vetos the bill they can say, “Hey, we gave him more than he wanted. We TRIED to support the troops. It’s all Bush’s fault.”

But Democratic leaders say the annual spending measure is likely to become a magnet for amendments intended to end the Iraq war, including a proposal ordering troop withdrawals.

Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., also was expected to propose cutting Bush's budget for Guantanamo Bay prison in half, beating the administration to the punch in shutting the facility for terror detainees. The prison's annual operating budget is $125 million.

The White House says Bush has already decided to close the U.S. prison in Cuba and transfer more than 370 terrorism suspects elsewhere, possibly including the maximum-security military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kan.

Halving the prison's budget would keep it afloat for part of the year, giving the administration time to transfer the detainees, Democrats say.

He already decided and annouced he was closing it. The Democrats, make that the LWL, will try to take credit for closing it, but they had NOTHING to do with it.

Remember what I said folks, they will give President Bush MORE than he asked, then when he vetos the bill, they will attempt to get you to believe it’s his fault. If their little bill makes it to his desk, and he vetos it, look for pork, timetables, and attempts to seize control. It should be, as usual, plain as day. They have to let their Looney base know that they are attempting to lose the war.
Peter

Sources:
AP- Bush: Dems debates delay key troop funds
AP-House to defy Bush with defense bill

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