A Special Thank You
posted by TheDon
Thank you, Congress, for giving Chimpy his "surge". One year ago, after Democrats swept into power, a debate was raging on just how quickly troops could come home from Iraq (although withdrawal from Afghanistan was not seriously considered). Instead, legislation was passed giving the "president" more money for more troops, but just for a temporary "surge" to allow Democracy to bloom and Freedom to be given by God to every Iraqi.
During the six-month long "surge", eighteen different benchmarks would be met, and the "war" part of the "war" would be concluded. A year later, almost none of the benchmarks have been met (or ever will be met), and the surge will end with a whimper, having killed almost a thousand more of our soldiers and a large, but obscured and unknowable number of Iraqis. The number of troops will be basically the same as before the "surge", and the military has announced that they won't withdraw any more troops.
The current administration has successfully extended their occupation of Iraq until the end of their term, at the highest level of troops possible.
Heckuva job, Demmies!
posted by TheDon
Thank you, Congress, for giving Chimpy his "surge". One year ago, after Democrats swept into power, a debate was raging on just how quickly troops could come home from Iraq (although withdrawal from Afghanistan was not seriously considered). Instead, legislation was passed giving the "president" more money for more troops, but just for a temporary "surge" to allow Democracy to bloom and Freedom to be given by God to every Iraqi.
During the six-month long "surge", eighteen different benchmarks would be met, and the "war" part of the "war" would be concluded. A year later, almost none of the benchmarks have been met (or ever will be met), and the surge will end with a whimper, having killed almost a thousand more of our soldiers and a large, but obscured and unknowable number of Iraqis. The number of troops will be basically the same as before the "surge", and the military has announced that they won't withdraw any more troops.
The current administration has successfully extended their occupation of Iraq until the end of their term, at the highest level of troops possible.
Heckuva job, Demmies!
posted by TheDon at
8:10 PM
5 Comments:
Why worry? Anyway we are going get a Change in a year. So we do not care about the war until then. Wait for two more years, again we will talk - may be in whatever "Changed" tone about redefined "withdrawal" plans (and plans only).
Or by miracle something happens. Of late I started believing in Voodoo than trusting our representatives.
Not to mention frittering away one of the clearest mandates in recent history.
In 2006, you couldn't get elected as dogcatcher in Peetootie, Iowa if there was an R on your name. Now, just two years later, McCain actually may have a chance, and the repugs I see every day have started to get their swagger back.
If the Dems had done anything, anything at all with that momentum, they could have crippled the repugs for years, not to mention keeping the clout they'd have needed to start repairing the damage done to the U.S. since 2000.
Now, I don't see a Dem landslide in 2008, even if they do manage to win the Presidency.
Voodoo does have a better track record!
Thanks for Tcom amnesty!!
america is stupid. period.
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