Liberals Listen Up: Lieberman Is Telling More Truth Than The Party Is
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007611
Sen. Joe Lieberman let loose with both barrels in an awesome editorial carried by the Wall Street Journal. (The entire piece is copied and pasted below. Read it because it is worth it, friends.)
I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there. More work needs to be done, of course, but the Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation from the primitive, killing tyranny of Saddam to modern, self-governing, self-securing nationhood--unless the great American military that has given them and us this unexpected opportunity is prematurely withdrawn.
This is a point that cannot be hammered hard enough. The troops MUST stay until the job is done, the nation is secured, and the Iraqis are prepared to step up and handle things on their own. They have made great accomplishments in the past few months, but it could be all for naught if we pull out now, and abandon this nation to the animals terroriizing it now. To leave it now would be the equivalent of abandoning Europe completely at the beginning of the Cold War. Yes, we made mistakes there, but we rectified them over fifty years of hard work and perseverance against the spectre of Communism.
Progress is visible and practical. In the Kurdish North, there is continuing security and growing prosperity. The primarily Shiite South remains largely free of terrorism, receives much more electric power and other public services than it did under Saddam, and is experiencing greater economic activity. The Sunni triangle, geographically defined by Baghdad to the east, Tikrit to the north and Ramadi to the west, is where most of the terrorist enemy attacks occur. And yet here, too, there is progress.
There are many more cars on the streets, satellite television dishes on the roofs, and literally millions more cell phones in Iraqi hands than before. All of that says the Iraqi economy is growing. And Sunni candidates are actively campaigning for seats in the National Assembly. People are working their way toward a functioning society and economy in the midst of a very brutal, inhumane, sustained terrorist war against the civilian population and the Iraqi and American military there to protect it.
Who would have thought that after years of dictatorship rule by Saddam Hussein that his people, after his ouster, were so hungry for freedom, and have embraced the concepts of it in such a short time. Yes, I did say "concepts" because all of what Sen. Lieberman just listed are concepts of freedom. The freedom to be who they are, embrace what they want to, believe what they want to, and communicate in ways that they were not able to do under the thuggish boot-heel of Hussein and his homicidal sons.
It is a war between 27 million and 10,000; 27 million Iraqis who want to live lives of freedom, opportunity and prosperity and roughly 10,000 terrorists who are either Saddam revanchists, Iraqi Islamic extremists or al Qaeda foreign fighters who know their wretched causes will be set back if Iraq becomes free and modern. The terrorists are intent on stopping this by instigating a civil war to produce the chaos that will allow Iraq to replace Afghanistan as the base for their fanatical war-making. We are fighting on the side of the 27 million because the outcome of this war is critically important to the security and freedom of America. If the terrorists win, they will be emboldened to strike us directly again and to further undermine the growing stability and progress in the Middle East, which has long been a major American national and economic security priority.
Again, Sen. Lieberman hits the nail on the head with the above statement. The terrorists going after the civilians in Iraq, and those stupid and brave enough to face our soldiers directly, are learning a valuable lesson. That would be one that Pres. Bush warned China against last week. Once freedom has been introduced, it is an extremely difficult concept to quash. The terrorists, insurgents, what have you, are learning this lesson the hard way. We will win. The Iraqi people will prevail. And they will be without any stable base to operate from.
Before going to Iraq last week, I visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Israel has been the only genuine democracy in the region, but it is now getting some welcome company from the Iraqis and Palestinians who are in the midst of robust national legislative election campaigns, the Lebanese who have risen up in proud self-determination after the Hariri assassination to eject their Syrian occupiers (the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militias should be next), and the Kuwaitis, Egyptians and Saudis who have taken steps to open up their governments more broadly to their people. In my meeting with the thoughtful prime minister of Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, he declared with justifiable pride that his country now has the most open, democratic political system in the Arab world. He is right.
In the face of terrorist threats and escalating violence, eight million Iraqis voted for their interim national government in January, almost 10 million participated in the referendum on their new constitution in October, and even more than that are expected to vote in the elections for a full-term government on Dec. 15. Every time the 27 million Iraqis have been given the chance since Saddam was overthrown, they have voted for self-government and hope over the violence and hatred the 10,000 terrorists offer them. Most encouraging has been the behavior of the Sunni community, which, when disappointed by the proposed constitution, registered to vote and went to the polls instead of taking up arms and going to the streets. Last week, I was thrilled to see a vigorous political campaign, and a large number of independent television stations and newspapers covering it.
And on the heels of this information (not that bloggers have not been crowing enough about the accomplishments in Iraq) all I have to say is, where is the MSM with this information. They are notably absent in presenting the FULL STORY of the success of our mission. They refuse to believe ANY good is occurring in Iraq. They would much rather look to the bad news because to their feeble minds, bad news sells. Not anymore. Much like Iraq has experienced a solid, stable revolution, so has America. The alternative media is doing it's job in getting the message out they WE ARE WINNING.
None of these remarkable changes would have happened without the coalition forces led by the U.S. And, I am convinced, almost all of the progress in Iraq and throughout the Middle East will be lost if those forces are withdrawn faster than the Iraqi military is capable of securing the country.
The leaders of Iraq's duly elected government understand this, and they asked me for reassurance about America's commitment. The question is whether the American people and enough of their representatives in Congress from both parties understand this. I am disappointed by Democrats who are more focused on how President Bush took America into the war in Iraq almost three years ago, and by Republicans who are more worried about whether the war will bring them down in next November's elections, than they are concerned about how we continue the progress in Iraq in the months and years ahead.
BRAVO! Kudos to Sen. Lieberman for cutting through all the bull on both sides. This war is not about petty political opportunism! This war is about our security, and the freedom of a young nation that is about ready to stand on it's own two feet for the first time that the populace can remember. If there is any part of this piece that has the "money quotes," this is the one. BOTH sides have used this war to their political advantage. The Democrats are using it now, and have for four years, to give the president a black-eye. The GOP used it to beat the Democrats in 2002 and 2004. The problem with the GOP base is simple. "Talk is cheap." They can talk a good talk, but can they walk the walk? Right now, I'd say yes, but again, there are opportunists taking swipes and liberties with this war. This is not what this is about, and those that use it for their own benefit should be ashamed. There are consequences to our actions, and a premature withdrawal would bring us more repercussions than this nation is ready and able to handle.
Here is an ironic finding I brought back from Iraq. While U.S. public opinion polls show serious declines in support for the war and increasing pessimism about how it will end, polls conducted by Iraqis for Iraqi universities show increasing optimism. Two-thirds say they are better off than they were under Saddam, and a resounding 82% are confident their lives in Iraq will be better a year from now than they are today. What a colossal mistake it would be for America's bipartisan political leadership to choose this moment in history to lose its will and, in the famous phrase, to seize defeat from the jaws of the coming victory.
That little factoid has to stick in the craw of all the resident Left in this nation stating lies about the administration, and are trying to gin up support for the antiwar movement the way they did in Vietnam. Here is a little tidbit for them to chew on about that sad, sad mentality: This is not Vietnam. WE WERE ATTACKED, DIRECTLY by our enemy. This was no dog-and-pony show. This was a definitive attack by a legitimate enemy that seemed to have a bug up their butt about something. The reasons are irrelevent when this nation falls under attack. Let that be a provision of the terms of unconditional surrender. Too many people state that Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9-11. That may be true, however they did have ties to terrorism, and to al-Qaeda specifically. Anyone remember the adage from Machiavelli? The enemy of my enemy is my ally? Iraq may not have had anything to do with the attacks on 9-11, but no one can tell me that Saddam was shedding tears over the loss of almost 3000 american lives that day.
The leaders of America's military and diplomatic forces in Iraq, Gen. George Casey and Ambassador Zal Khalilzad, have a clear and compelling vision of our mission there. It is to create the environment in which Iraqi democracy, security and prosperity can take hold and the Iraqis themselves can defend their political progress against those 10,000 terrorists who would take it from them.
Does America have a good plan for doing this, a strategy for victory in Iraq? Yes we do. And it is important to make it clear to the American people that the plan has not remained stubbornly still but has changed over the years. Mistakes, some of them big, were made after Saddam was removed, and no one who supports the war should hesitate to admit that; but we have learned from those mistakes and, in characteristic American fashion, from what has worked and not worked on the ground. The administration's recent use of the banner "clear, hold and build" accurately describes the strategy as I saw it being implemented last week.
The mistakes. Yes, the mistakes made were bad. We have had our fair share of controversy in this war; much of it media-contrived and driven. But we must admnit simple facts, and Sen. Lieberman does. We have had our setbacks in this campaign. However, to that I ask, what war has not had such setbacks? World War II was rife with such, as was Korea and Vietnam. But again, we persevered, made the necessary changes, and proceeded according to plan. Nothing more should be asked of us. We are, indeed, sorry for those mistakes, however we are sincere in admitting them, and correcting them. We have done so. Now, it is time for the Left to get off that bandwagon, and get on board the "support America, her mission and her troops" bandwagon, and quite engaging in the borderline treason they have been involved with for quite a few months now.
We are now embedding a core of coalition forces in every Iraqi fighting unit, which makes each unit more effective and acts as a multiplier of our forces. Progress in "clearing" and "holding" is being made. The Sixth Infantry Division of the Iraqi Security Forces now controls and polices more than one-third of Baghdad on its own. Coalition and Iraqi forces have together cleared the previously terrorist-controlled cities of Fallujah, Mosul and Tal Afar, and most of the border with Syria. Those areas are now being "held" secure by the Iraqi military themselves. Iraqi and coalition forces are jointly carrying out a mission to clear Ramadi, now the most dangerous city in Al-Anbar province at the west end of the Sunni Triangle.
Nationwide, American military leaders estimate that about one-third of the approximately 100,000 members of the Iraqi military are able to "lead the fight" themselves with logistical support from the U.S., and that that number should double by next year. If that happens, American military forces could begin a drawdown in numbers proportional to the increasing self-sufficiency of the Iraqi forces in 2006. If all goes well, I believe we can have a much smaller American military presence there by the end of 2006 or in 2007, but it is also likely that our presence will need to be significant in Iraq or nearby for years to come.
Logistical support will, indeed, be needed. It is no different than what we did in post-World War II Europe and Japan. We built Germany, Italy, and Japan back up, and provided them the logistical support they needed. We also provided them with security that was unsurpassed by anyone in Europe. Why? Because we wanted it done right. We did not want to abandon any of those nations to the hardliners lying in wait for us to leave so they could seize power. We are facing much the same problem in Iraq. To withdraw now would only invite the animlas to topple what the people of Iraq have fought for already. No, we stay. We stay until the mission is complete. The "war" is over. This is security of the highest priority.
The economic reconstruction of Iraq has gone slower than it should have, and too much money has been wasted or stolen. Ambassador Khalilzad is now implementing reform that has worked in Afghanistan--Provincial Reconstruction Teams, composed of American economic and political experts, working in partnership in each of Iraq's 18 provinces with its elected leadership, civil service and the private sector. That is the "build" part of the "clear, hold and build" strategy, and so is the work American and international teams are doing to professionalize national and provincial governmental agencies in Iraq.
These are new ideas that are working and changing the reality on the ground, which is undoubtedly why the Iraqi people are optimistic about their future--and why the American people should be, too.
I cannot say enough about the U.S. Army and Marines who are carrying most of the fight for us in Iraq. They are courageous, smart, effective, innovative, very honorable and very proud. After a Thanksgiving meal with a great group of Marines at Camp Fallujah in western Iraq, I asked their commander whether the morale of his troops had been hurt by the growing public dissent in America over the war in Iraq. His answer was insightful, instructive and inspirational: "I would guess that if the opposition and division at home go on a lot longer and get a lot deeper it might have some effect, but, Senator, my Marines are motivated by their devotion to each other and the cause, not by political debates."
HOO-YAH! That is what we NEED to hear. Our troops might be a bit demoralized at the moment over the lies and deciet of the MSM, but they are motivated to continue the fight. They refuse to give up because, unlike the Left, they have not forgotten what this mission is about, and still believe in this mission! That is what we need now more than ever. Enough of that tenacity to beat back the antiwar zealots in this nation that simply do not understand this war.
Thank you, General. That is a powerful, needed message for the rest of America and its political leadership at this critical moment in our nation's history. Semper Fi.
And a personal Semper Fi to each and every man and woman serving abroad, regardless of branch, from the United states, and from the Asylum; especially in this holiday season. Your sacrifice will not go unnoticed, nor will you not be missed this year. We love you. We support you. That will never change from us. Unlike those on the Left, we have learned from the lessons of the past. We do not s**t all over our troops now, and those that do are simply numb from the brain down.
The Bunny ;)
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110007611
Sen. Joe Lieberman let loose with both barrels in an awesome editorial carried by the Wall Street Journal. (The entire piece is copied and pasted below. Read it because it is worth it, friends.)
I have just returned from my fourth trip to Iraq in the past 17 months and can report real progress there. More work needs to be done, of course, but the Iraqi people are in reach of a watershed transformation from the primitive, killing tyranny of Saddam to modern, self-governing, self-securing nationhood--unless the great American military that has given them and us this unexpected opportunity is prematurely withdrawn.
This is a point that cannot be hammered hard enough. The troops MUST stay until the job is done, the nation is secured, and the Iraqis are prepared to step up and handle things on their own. They have made great accomplishments in the past few months, but it could be all for naught if we pull out now, and abandon this nation to the animals terroriizing it now. To leave it now would be the equivalent of abandoning Europe completely at the beginning of the Cold War. Yes, we made mistakes there, but we rectified them over fifty years of hard work and perseverance against the spectre of Communism.
Progress is visible and practical. In the Kurdish North, there is continuing security and growing prosperity. The primarily Shiite South remains largely free of terrorism, receives much more electric power and other public services than it did under Saddam, and is experiencing greater economic activity. The Sunni triangle, geographically defined by Baghdad to the east, Tikrit to the north and Ramadi to the west, is where most of the terrorist enemy attacks occur. And yet here, too, there is progress.
There are many more cars on the streets, satellite television dishes on the roofs, and literally millions more cell phones in Iraqi hands than before. All of that says the Iraqi economy is growing. And Sunni candidates are actively campaigning for seats in the National Assembly. People are working their way toward a functioning society and economy in the midst of a very brutal, inhumane, sustained terrorist war against the civilian population and the Iraqi and American military there to protect it.
Who would have thought that after years of dictatorship rule by Saddam Hussein that his people, after his ouster, were so hungry for freedom, and have embraced the concepts of it in such a short time. Yes, I did say "concepts" because all of what Sen. Lieberman just listed are concepts of freedom. The freedom to be who they are, embrace what they want to, believe what they want to, and communicate in ways that they were not able to do under the thuggish boot-heel of Hussein and his homicidal sons.
It is a war between 27 million and 10,000; 27 million Iraqis who want to live lives of freedom, opportunity and prosperity and roughly 10,000 terrorists who are either Saddam revanchists, Iraqi Islamic extremists or al Qaeda foreign fighters who know their wretched causes will be set back if Iraq becomes free and modern. The terrorists are intent on stopping this by instigating a civil war to produce the chaos that will allow Iraq to replace Afghanistan as the base for their fanatical war-making. We are fighting on the side of the 27 million because the outcome of this war is critically important to the security and freedom of America. If the terrorists win, they will be emboldened to strike us directly again and to further undermine the growing stability and progress in the Middle East, which has long been a major American national and economic security priority.
Again, Sen. Lieberman hits the nail on the head with the above statement. The terrorists going after the civilians in Iraq, and those stupid and brave enough to face our soldiers directly, are learning a valuable lesson. That would be one that Pres. Bush warned China against last week. Once freedom has been introduced, it is an extremely difficult concept to quash. The terrorists, insurgents, what have you, are learning this lesson the hard way. We will win. The Iraqi people will prevail. And they will be without any stable base to operate from.
Before going to Iraq last week, I visited Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Israel has been the only genuine democracy in the region, but it is now getting some welcome company from the Iraqis and Palestinians who are in the midst of robust national legislative election campaigns, the Lebanese who have risen up in proud self-determination after the Hariri assassination to eject their Syrian occupiers (the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah militias should be next), and the Kuwaitis, Egyptians and Saudis who have taken steps to open up their governments more broadly to their people. In my meeting with the thoughtful prime minister of Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, he declared with justifiable pride that his country now has the most open, democratic political system in the Arab world. He is right.
In the face of terrorist threats and escalating violence, eight million Iraqis voted for their interim national government in January, almost 10 million participated in the referendum on their new constitution in October, and even more than that are expected to vote in the elections for a full-term government on Dec. 15. Every time the 27 million Iraqis have been given the chance since Saddam was overthrown, they have voted for self-government and hope over the violence and hatred the 10,000 terrorists offer them. Most encouraging has been the behavior of the Sunni community, which, when disappointed by the proposed constitution, registered to vote and went to the polls instead of taking up arms and going to the streets. Last week, I was thrilled to see a vigorous political campaign, and a large number of independent television stations and newspapers covering it.
And on the heels of this information (not that bloggers have not been crowing enough about the accomplishments in Iraq) all I have to say is, where is the MSM with this information. They are notably absent in presenting the FULL STORY of the success of our mission. They refuse to believe ANY good is occurring in Iraq. They would much rather look to the bad news because to their feeble minds, bad news sells. Not anymore. Much like Iraq has experienced a solid, stable revolution, so has America. The alternative media is doing it's job in getting the message out they WE ARE WINNING.
None of these remarkable changes would have happened without the coalition forces led by the U.S. And, I am convinced, almost all of the progress in Iraq and throughout the Middle East will be lost if those forces are withdrawn faster than the Iraqi military is capable of securing the country.
The leaders of Iraq's duly elected government understand this, and they asked me for reassurance about America's commitment. The question is whether the American people and enough of their representatives in Congress from both parties understand this. I am disappointed by Democrats who are more focused on how President Bush took America into the war in Iraq almost three years ago, and by Republicans who are more worried about whether the war will bring them down in next November's elections, than they are concerned about how we continue the progress in Iraq in the months and years ahead.
BRAVO! Kudos to Sen. Lieberman for cutting through all the bull on both sides. This war is not about petty political opportunism! This war is about our security, and the freedom of a young nation that is about ready to stand on it's own two feet for the first time that the populace can remember. If there is any part of this piece that has the "money quotes," this is the one. BOTH sides have used this war to their political advantage. The Democrats are using it now, and have for four years, to give the president a black-eye. The GOP used it to beat the Democrats in 2002 and 2004. The problem with the GOP base is simple. "Talk is cheap." They can talk a good talk, but can they walk the walk? Right now, I'd say yes, but again, there are opportunists taking swipes and liberties with this war. This is not what this is about, and those that use it for their own benefit should be ashamed. There are consequences to our actions, and a premature withdrawal would bring us more repercussions than this nation is ready and able to handle.
Here is an ironic finding I brought back from Iraq. While U.S. public opinion polls show serious declines in support for the war and increasing pessimism about how it will end, polls conducted by Iraqis for Iraqi universities show increasing optimism. Two-thirds say they are better off than they were under Saddam, and a resounding 82% are confident their lives in Iraq will be better a year from now than they are today. What a colossal mistake it would be for America's bipartisan political leadership to choose this moment in history to lose its will and, in the famous phrase, to seize defeat from the jaws of the coming victory.
That little factoid has to stick in the craw of all the resident Left in this nation stating lies about the administration, and are trying to gin up support for the antiwar movement the way they did in Vietnam. Here is a little tidbit for them to chew on about that sad, sad mentality: This is not Vietnam. WE WERE ATTACKED, DIRECTLY by our enemy. This was no dog-and-pony show. This was a definitive attack by a legitimate enemy that seemed to have a bug up their butt about something. The reasons are irrelevent when this nation falls under attack. Let that be a provision of the terms of unconditional surrender. Too many people state that Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9-11. That may be true, however they did have ties to terrorism, and to al-Qaeda specifically. Anyone remember the adage from Machiavelli? The enemy of my enemy is my ally? Iraq may not have had anything to do with the attacks on 9-11, but no one can tell me that Saddam was shedding tears over the loss of almost 3000 american lives that day.
The leaders of America's military and diplomatic forces in Iraq, Gen. George Casey and Ambassador Zal Khalilzad, have a clear and compelling vision of our mission there. It is to create the environment in which Iraqi democracy, security and prosperity can take hold and the Iraqis themselves can defend their political progress against those 10,000 terrorists who would take it from them.
Does America have a good plan for doing this, a strategy for victory in Iraq? Yes we do. And it is important to make it clear to the American people that the plan has not remained stubbornly still but has changed over the years. Mistakes, some of them big, were made after Saddam was removed, and no one who supports the war should hesitate to admit that; but we have learned from those mistakes and, in characteristic American fashion, from what has worked and not worked on the ground. The administration's recent use of the banner "clear, hold and build" accurately describes the strategy as I saw it being implemented last week.
The mistakes. Yes, the mistakes made were bad. We have had our fair share of controversy in this war; much of it media-contrived and driven. But we must admnit simple facts, and Sen. Lieberman does. We have had our setbacks in this campaign. However, to that I ask, what war has not had such setbacks? World War II was rife with such, as was Korea and Vietnam. But again, we persevered, made the necessary changes, and proceeded according to plan. Nothing more should be asked of us. We are, indeed, sorry for those mistakes, however we are sincere in admitting them, and correcting them. We have done so. Now, it is time for the Left to get off that bandwagon, and get on board the "support America, her mission and her troops" bandwagon, and quite engaging in the borderline treason they have been involved with for quite a few months now.
We are now embedding a core of coalition forces in every Iraqi fighting unit, which makes each unit more effective and acts as a multiplier of our forces. Progress in "clearing" and "holding" is being made. The Sixth Infantry Division of the Iraqi Security Forces now controls and polices more than one-third of Baghdad on its own. Coalition and Iraqi forces have together cleared the previously terrorist-controlled cities of Fallujah, Mosul and Tal Afar, and most of the border with Syria. Those areas are now being "held" secure by the Iraqi military themselves. Iraqi and coalition forces are jointly carrying out a mission to clear Ramadi, now the most dangerous city in Al-Anbar province at the west end of the Sunni Triangle.
Nationwide, American military leaders estimate that about one-third of the approximately 100,000 members of the Iraqi military are able to "lead the fight" themselves with logistical support from the U.S., and that that number should double by next year. If that happens, American military forces could begin a drawdown in numbers proportional to the increasing self-sufficiency of the Iraqi forces in 2006. If all goes well, I believe we can have a much smaller American military presence there by the end of 2006 or in 2007, but it is also likely that our presence will need to be significant in Iraq or nearby for years to come.
Logistical support will, indeed, be needed. It is no different than what we did in post-World War II Europe and Japan. We built Germany, Italy, and Japan back up, and provided them the logistical support they needed. We also provided them with security that was unsurpassed by anyone in Europe. Why? Because we wanted it done right. We did not want to abandon any of those nations to the hardliners lying in wait for us to leave so they could seize power. We are facing much the same problem in Iraq. To withdraw now would only invite the animlas to topple what the people of Iraq have fought for already. No, we stay. We stay until the mission is complete. The "war" is over. This is security of the highest priority.
The economic reconstruction of Iraq has gone slower than it should have, and too much money has been wasted or stolen. Ambassador Khalilzad is now implementing reform that has worked in Afghanistan--Provincial Reconstruction Teams, composed of American economic and political experts, working in partnership in each of Iraq's 18 provinces with its elected leadership, civil service and the private sector. That is the "build" part of the "clear, hold and build" strategy, and so is the work American and international teams are doing to professionalize national and provincial governmental agencies in Iraq.
These are new ideas that are working and changing the reality on the ground, which is undoubtedly why the Iraqi people are optimistic about their future--and why the American people should be, too.
I cannot say enough about the U.S. Army and Marines who are carrying most of the fight for us in Iraq. They are courageous, smart, effective, innovative, very honorable and very proud. After a Thanksgiving meal with a great group of Marines at Camp Fallujah in western Iraq, I asked their commander whether the morale of his troops had been hurt by the growing public dissent in America over the war in Iraq. His answer was insightful, instructive and inspirational: "I would guess that if the opposition and division at home go on a lot longer and get a lot deeper it might have some effect, but, Senator, my Marines are motivated by their devotion to each other and the cause, not by political debates."
HOO-YAH! That is what we NEED to hear. Our troops might be a bit demoralized at the moment over the lies and deciet of the MSM, but they are motivated to continue the fight. They refuse to give up because, unlike the Left, they have not forgotten what this mission is about, and still believe in this mission! That is what we need now more than ever. Enough of that tenacity to beat back the antiwar zealots in this nation that simply do not understand this war.
Thank you, General. That is a powerful, needed message for the rest of America and its political leadership at this critical moment in our nation's history. Semper Fi.
And a personal Semper Fi to each and every man and woman serving abroad, regardless of branch, from the United states, and from the Asylum; especially in this holiday season. Your sacrifice will not go unnoticed, nor will you not be missed this year. We love you. We support you. That will never change from us. Unlike those on the Left, we have learned from the lessons of the past. We do not s**t all over our troops now, and those that do are simply numb from the brain down.
The Bunny ;)
posted by Syd And Vaughn | 9:45 PM
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An excellent post regarding Sen. Lieberman's opinion piece. He is correct, and if the Democrats would like to learn something new (other than retreat) they might want to pay attention. For them, 2006 might hinge on such ideas.
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