Liberal Dems Refuse To See Victory
Waving the White Flag
By Michael Reagan
It has been said that there are none so blind as those who will not see. The quote is attributed by some to Jesus (Matthew 13:13): “Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand”
That’s a perfect description of Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Harry Reid, both of whom disingenuously state that that there has been no sign of progress in Iraq and that we are losing the war there and must pull up stakes and run as fast as we can with our tails between our legs.
Just what kind of blinders and ear plugs are these people wearing? Don’t they realize that some of the most vehement foes of the war in Iraq such as The New York Times and the Washington Post are reporting that the surge is working and we are winning the war against al Qaeda and the other insurgents?
According to the Associated Press: “Twilight brings traffic jams to the main shopping district of this once-affluent corner of Baghdad, and hundreds of people stroll past well-stocked vegetable stands, bakeries and butcher shops. To many in America, it seems little short of a miracle.”
Wrote the Washington Post: “The number of attacks against U.S. Soldiers has fallen to levels not seen since before the February 2006 bombing of a Shi’ite shrine in Samarra that touched off waves of sectarian killing…The death toll for American troops in October fell to 39, the lowest level since March 2006.”
Finally, The New York Times, of all newspapers, noted: “American forces have routed Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the Iraqi militant network, from every neighborhood in Baghdad, a top American general said today, allowing American troops involved in the ’surge’ to depart as planned.”
Could it be that Pelosi and Reid can’t see the progress because they don’t want to see it? Or, even worse, are they committed to doing what they can to stop their country from winning the war in Iraq?
Senator Joe Lieberman thinks it’s the latter. Noting that since the Democrats won control of Congress last year “the top foreign policy priority of the Democratic Party… Has been to pull our troops out of Iraq, to abandon the democratically elected government there, and to hand a defeat to President Bush… Democrats have remained emotionally invested in a narrative of defeat and retreat in Iraq, reluctant to acknowledge the progress we are now achieving.”
As Sen. Lieberman showed, it is no longer possible to deny that the Democrat leadership wants the United States to suffer a humiliating defeat in Iraq. That this would mean that if 3000-plus American soldiers and Marines who died fighting to defeat al Qaeda and their allies in Iraq have died in vain, it doesn’t seem to bother Pelosi and the Reid one little bit.
Pelosi’s reaction to coalition success was to announce what The Washington Times rightly called “her newest legislative strategy to damage the war effort.” Her House Democrats will “try to enact a bill calling for immediately beginning to withdraw U.S. Troops from Iraq, with a goal of completing the pullout in one year,” according to the Times.
That this public waving the surrender flag would signal to the al Qaeda jihadists that there would be a date certain for what amounts to a surrender to a foes now losing bothered the Democrat House leader one little bit.
If Madame Pelosi and the surrender monkeys now running the Democrat Party on Capitol Hill have their way, the jihadists in Iraq need only wait for the Democrats’ planned withdrawal to move in and take over Iraq. They call this strategy, I call it treason.
(Townhall.com)
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Fine, pull the troops back. It will be easier for us to stage a Coup d’Etat that way. Looks like its time for me to reenlist.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:12 amax handle to the temple
November 16th, 2007 at 10:16 amIt has little to do with their perceived blindness, and everything to do with their intentional disbelief. That is far worse than denial due to lack of knowledge. They know we are winning the war, and have chosen to ignore that fact. They are intentionally throwing up blockades to cause us to fail and are doing everything in their power to make us lose this war.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:17 amIf I didn’t know better, I’d say they were on the payroll of the enemy. Why they are still alive is beyond my comprehension.
Pelosi, et. al. have a definite interest in seeing a Republican administration fail in Iraq. Of course, I’m not saying anything that hasn’t already been said before.
But I wonder if the dummycrats would be this vehemently opposed to the war if it was still Clinton in office. Assuming for arguments sake he would have had the stones to go to war in the first place. Don’t forget, in 1997(?), during the Clinton administration, we bombed the crap out of Kosovo, killing women and children, we even hit the Chinese Embassy by mistake (a bonus). Yet hollywood and the far left didn’t make a sound, nor did the dems. All because it was an air campaign. They are the biggest hypocrites on this planet.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:32 amHey Steve in NC,
It’s amazing what a good piece of hickory will do!
Just imagine un-named politicians [for the sake of this site] heads under the direct impact of a hickory ax handle in full swing.
Dreaming is bliss!
November 16th, 2007 at 10:52 amSomeone out there give me strength! I can’t even tolerate looking at a photo of Reid or Pelosi anymore.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:04 amI can’t even read an entire article about these people anymore. If I read something that they said, I get extremely pissed off.
If I see anyone who actually supports the crap they spew, I flip out. I absolutely can’t stand them anymore.
And if I see another asshole (That’s the nicest word I can think of for these people…) that calls for Bush’s assassination… I will fucking snap.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:31 amI dont know how to sum up their actions better than this :
TREASON - This word imports a betraying, treachery, or breach of allegiance.
The Constitution of the United States, Art. III, defines treason against the United States to consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort. This offence is punished with death.
enough said about harry weed and Peloski and their ilk
November 16th, 2007 at 12:50 pmIf trying to pull the troops while they’re winning isn’t giving aid and comfort to the enemy, what is?
November 17th, 2007 at 12:59 am