March 20, 2007

Bribing Congress to End the War

The defeatist Democratic leaders in Congress are attempting to bribe war fence-sitters into voting for a bill that would end the war. How so? With pork. Lots and lots of pork is being offered to key Congressmen in a funding bill that would cut off money to troops in Iraq. The President, to his credit, has threatened to veto the bill.

WaPo:

House Democratic leaders are offering billions in federal funds for lawmakers' pet projects large and small to secure enough votes this week to pass an Iraq funding bill that would end the war next year.

So far, the projects -- which range from the reconstruction of New Orleans levees to the building of peanut storehouses in Georgia -- have had little impact on the tally. For a funding bill that establishes tough new readiness standards for deploying combat forces and sets an Aug. 31, 2008, deadline to bring the troops home, votes do not come cheap.

Gawd, I hate Congress.

Let me just reiterate a point because I was reminded of it this morning when reading one Lefty's (or, perhaps, a sock-puppet for a jihad) anti-war comment about "Bush's war".

Administrations do no have wars. Nations have wars. Just as political parties do not have armies. We did not fight 'the Nazis', we fought the Germans. The Republican Party does not have an army. America does.

This is our war. This is America's war. And, I would suggest, that whatever the reasons it began or whatever bad strategy has gotten us to this point, that it is in America's interest to win its wars.

Hat tip: Pundi

By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at 11:20 AM | |