Another Step Back For The GOP: The Warner Amendment
Today, the GOP caved. They took the side of the Left with the Warner Amendment, and demanded some results from the president and the Iraqis. Quite frankly, I'm appalled.
In a sign of increasing unease among Congressional Republicans over the war in Iraq, the Senate is to consider on Tuesday a Republican proposal that calls for Iraqi forces to take the lead next year in securing the nation and for the Bush administration to lay out its strategy for ending the war. ...
The proposal on the Iraq war, from Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, and Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, would require the administration to provide extensive new quarterly reports to Congress on subjects like progress in bringing in other countries to help stabilize Iraq. The other appeals related to Iraq are nonbinding and express the position of the Senate.
The plan stops short of a competing Democratic proposal that moves toward establishing dates for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq. But it is built upon the Democratic approach and makes it clear that senators of both parties are increasingly eager for Iraqis to take control of their country in coming months and open the door to removing American troops.
I'd like to point out a couple of things before going on. First, the starboard side of the blogosphere is outraged, for the most part, and the port side moonbats are ecstatic. This should be enough to give the GOP leadership a moment of pause. Their opponents are cheering their apparent surrender. Second, the piece of legislation calling for a timetable for withdrawal was killed today. However, that one good move doesn't erase this foolish move.
The Iraqis have been taking more of a role in securing their new, free nation for the last few months. Less US troops are being used in operations now that ever before, and the Iraqis are learning how to deal with the animals running rampant through their country. The progress reports that are being "demanded" by the GOP leadership are already delivered to the Senate on a regular basis. That comes in the form of the JCS and Sec/Defense when they address the Senate Armed Services Committee. So, I fail to see how this legislation is going to change anything other than the amount of times Rumsfeld and crew have to traipse up to the Hill to talk to these monkeys.
Yes, we are all sick of having our troops abroad. We always are when the men and women of this nation are called into service. However, war is not specific. It's not exact. The war will be done when it's done. We didn't pull out early in World War I or World War II. Those were, in effect, world wars that differ little from the war we're in. That would be why this war is referred to as the "global war on terror." We don't end hostilities until victory is achieved, and as yet, that hasn't been reached.
I'm angry at the GOP in the Senate for caving in on this. It's as if these people have lost their nerve to stand up to the party out of power, and tell them to go pound sand. I'm sick of watching this three-ring circus in the Senate; I'm sick of watching my party bend over and grab their ankles every time the Democrats start whining and yelling. Screw them. They're out of power, and rightly so for a good reason. America doesn't trust them with a war, our national security, or any level of foreign policy that calls into question our security. This was made abundantly clear in 2000, 2002, and 2004. So, why are we taking it in the rump from these idiots.
I'm extremely disappointed in the lack of leadership emanating from Sen. Frist. Yes, the man showed a back-bone--sort of--when it came to the Constitutional Option, but this move was pathetic. This was a clear-cut cave-in to the Democrats in the Senate who were trying to head off the GOP at the pass. The GOP, when back on their heels, generally makes retarded moves like this.
Call your representatives, and raise hell. And above all, when the RNC or the NRSC call you up for a donation, remind them of the mantra for 2006.
Not. One. More. Dime.
Publius II
Today, the GOP caved. They took the side of the Left with the Warner Amendment, and demanded some results from the president and the Iraqis. Quite frankly, I'm appalled.
In a sign of increasing unease among Congressional Republicans over the war in Iraq, the Senate is to consider on Tuesday a Republican proposal that calls for Iraqi forces to take the lead next year in securing the nation and for the Bush administration to lay out its strategy for ending the war. ...
The proposal on the Iraq war, from Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, and Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, would require the administration to provide extensive new quarterly reports to Congress on subjects like progress in bringing in other countries to help stabilize Iraq. The other appeals related to Iraq are nonbinding and express the position of the Senate.
The plan stops short of a competing Democratic proposal that moves toward establishing dates for a phased withdrawal of troops from Iraq. But it is built upon the Democratic approach and makes it clear that senators of both parties are increasingly eager for Iraqis to take control of their country in coming months and open the door to removing American troops.
I'd like to point out a couple of things before going on. First, the starboard side of the blogosphere is outraged, for the most part, and the port side moonbats are ecstatic. This should be enough to give the GOP leadership a moment of pause. Their opponents are cheering their apparent surrender. Second, the piece of legislation calling for a timetable for withdrawal was killed today. However, that one good move doesn't erase this foolish move.
The Iraqis have been taking more of a role in securing their new, free nation for the last few months. Less US troops are being used in operations now that ever before, and the Iraqis are learning how to deal with the animals running rampant through their country. The progress reports that are being "demanded" by the GOP leadership are already delivered to the Senate on a regular basis. That comes in the form of the JCS and Sec/Defense when they address the Senate Armed Services Committee. So, I fail to see how this legislation is going to change anything other than the amount of times Rumsfeld and crew have to traipse up to the Hill to talk to these monkeys.
Yes, we are all sick of having our troops abroad. We always are when the men and women of this nation are called into service. However, war is not specific. It's not exact. The war will be done when it's done. We didn't pull out early in World War I or World War II. Those were, in effect, world wars that differ little from the war we're in. That would be why this war is referred to as the "global war on terror." We don't end hostilities until victory is achieved, and as yet, that hasn't been reached.
I'm angry at the GOP in the Senate for caving in on this. It's as if these people have lost their nerve to stand up to the party out of power, and tell them to go pound sand. I'm sick of watching this three-ring circus in the Senate; I'm sick of watching my party bend over and grab their ankles every time the Democrats start whining and yelling. Screw them. They're out of power, and rightly so for a good reason. America doesn't trust them with a war, our national security, or any level of foreign policy that calls into question our security. This was made abundantly clear in 2000, 2002, and 2004. So, why are we taking it in the rump from these idiots.
I'm extremely disappointed in the lack of leadership emanating from Sen. Frist. Yes, the man showed a back-bone--sort of--when it came to the Constitutional Option, but this move was pathetic. This was a clear-cut cave-in to the Democrats in the Senate who were trying to head off the GOP at the pass. The GOP, when back on their heels, generally makes retarded moves like this.
Call your representatives, and raise hell. And above all, when the RNC or the NRSC call you up for a donation, remind them of the mantra for 2006.
Not. One. More. Dime.
Publius II
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