On Iraq: Democrats Lost In A Time Warp Says USA Today
I hung out in downtown San Francisco for about 6 months in 1985 and there was always this guy dressed up like Uncle Sam who would steal all the USA Today Newspapers from the machines and walk around handing them out screaming: “Don’t delay! Get today’s news today! Get your USA Today, today!”
Good for a belly laugh, but I guess you had to be there…
Anyway, in a sign that at least one member of the mainstream media (at least as far as I have observed recently) is acknowledging the success of the Surge in Iraq, USA Today questions why Congress is reluctant to ignore the success of the Surge. Here:
…U.S. and Iraqi casualties are down sharply. Fewer of the most lethal Iranian-made explosive devices are being used as roadside bombs. In community after community, Sunni groups who were once in league with al-Qaeda have switched sides and are working with the U.S. forces.
On the Shiite side of Iraq’s sectarian chasm, something similar is happening. About 70,000 local, pro-government groups, a bit like neighborhood watch groups, have formed to expose extremist militias, according to Stephen Biddle of the Council on Foreign Relations.
But as much as facts have changed on the ground, little seems to have changed in Washington. There are plans to withdraw some troops next year, but there is no clear picture of the endgame in Iraq. How long will troops be needed? Exactly what do we expect success to look like? Will we leave behind a permanent presence?
Congressional Democrats, meanwhile, seem lost in a time warp. They could try to impose new benchmarks that acknowledge the military progress. Instead, too many seem unable or unwilling to admit that President Bush’s surge of 30,000 more troops has succeeded beyond their initial predictions. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who in the spring declared the war lost, said last week that “the surge hasn’t accomplished its goals.” Anti-war Democrats remain fixated on tying war funding to a rapid troop withdrawal. Yet pulling the troops out precipitously threatens to squander the progress of recent months toward salvaging a decent outcome to the Iraq debacle.
(USA Today)
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“But as much as facts have changed on the ground, little seems to have changed in Washington.”
Breaking - Dem majority still hung up on progress part of progressive. BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome) still thwarts change. Republicans introduce new Mental Disability Act (*cough* MDA) to assist leftists suffering with BDS in getting a life.
December 13th, 2007 at 3:23 pmProbably get out of Iraq when we get out the rest of the world. I don’t see that happening.
December 13th, 2007 at 3:49 pmYeah, they’re stuck in a time warp all right. The Pepsi Generation is Congress is still fighting the VN war? Fucking deranged morons. They got their heads up their ass as per usual.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:07 pmWell, I guess one of the MSM organs had to acknwledge the obvious. And they are probably embarassed because their party, the dems, don’t have any response so they do indeed seem to be in a time warp (see Nancy’s comments today). The dems are still trying to pretend they didn’t know about and approve of waterboarding back in 2002/2003 (and were briefed some 30 times). Caught in a lie. And, they are trying to make hay of the destruction of the interrogation tapes, like anyone who has any common sense really cares.
December 13th, 2007 at 5:11 pmIt pisses me off that the democrats want us to lose in Iraq and are doing everything they can to make it happen,they used to call that treason.
December 13th, 2007 at 8:37 pmI just hope that our troops in theater are up on what these Congressional idiots have said about their mission, and some continue to say. I hope that our troops in theater are up to speed on how these same Congressional idiots that have said that they have lost are trying to defund them and their mission.
December 14th, 2007 at 7:50 amAnd I hope that they all vote in the next Congressional election!
Not that the Dem’s won’t again try to disqualify their absentee ballots as they have done in the past.
They have to GET a ballot, first. My son at Ft. Bliss in ‘04 never did get his absentee ballot.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:46 am