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Politics > Politics-USA |
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"Ubiquitous" |
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16 Feb 2007 07:35:06 AM |
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But They Support the Troops! |
"Top House Democrats, working in concert with anti-war groups, have decided
against using congressional power to force a quick end to U.S. involvement
in Iraq, and instead will pursue a slow-bleed strategy designed to gradually
limit the administration's options," reports The Politico:
Led by Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and supported by
several well-funded anti-war groups, the coalition's
goal is to limit or sharply reduce the number of U.S.
troops available for the Iraq conflict, rather than
to openly cut off funding for the war itself.
The legislative strategy will be supplemented by a
multimillion-dollar TV ad campaign designed to pressure
vulnerable GOP incumbents into breaking with President
Bush and forcing the administration to admit that the
war is politically unsustainable.
As described by participants, the goal is crafted to
circumvent the biggest political vulnerability of the
anti-war movement--the accusation that it is willing
to abandon troops in the field. That fear is why many
Democrats have remained timid in challenging Bush, even
as public support for the president and his Iraq
policies have plunged.
So the idea is to keep the troops in harm's way but take all steps possible
to prevent them from prevailing, in the hope that the Democrats will benefit
politically from American defeat. According to a press release this morning
from the House Republican Conference, yesterday the Web site
MoveCongress.org announcing an event this morning, declared:
Chairman Murtha will describe his strategy for not only
limiting the deployment of troops to Iraq but undermining
other aspects of the president's foreign and national
security policy.
This language has since disappeared from the site.
You don't have to agree with the president's policies to find this
appalling. If Murtha thinks he has a better way, let him run for president
next year and make the case. To pursue a strategy of subversion instead is
cowardly and despicable.
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The trouble with American journalism, in short, isn't that it's too
skeptical, but that it's too willing to throw skepticism to the wind when
it suits the agenda of proclaiming every war a Vietnam and every
Republican president a Nixon.
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| User: "Ubiquitous" |
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| Title: But They Support the Troops! |
22 Mar 2007 09:45:54 AM |
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An Army recruiting station in Milwaukee was vandalized by "peace" protesters,
the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports:
Protesters broke a window and threw smoke bombs, paint and
human excrement, police said. There were no injuries reported.
The paper says that "Wisconsin peace activist groups on Tuesday said some
protesters might increasingly turn to destruction as their frustrations mount":
Peace Action Wisconsin does not condone violence, said the
group's project organizer Julie Enslow, but some anti-war
protesters might feel the need to be violent to get their
point across.
"We do not use those tactics ourselves, but the movement is
very broad, and as this war continues, the anti-war movement
is going to take many forms--not all of which everyone feels
comfortable with," Enslow said.
Hmm, vicarious vandalism. Detroit's WXYZ-TV reports on a similar incident in
the Wolverine State:
Congressman Mike Rogers' home is under police guard after
his Lansing office was severely vandalized last night...
Two security cameras were destroyed and the building was
spray painted...
The vandals also spread red paint all over the 8th
congressional district sign in front of the building, as
well as on a sign that says "We Support Our Troops."
They also put a sign on one of the buildings [sic] windows
that says Congressman Rogers has "blood on his hands."
Can someone explain to us the logic behind the notion that destroying property
is an appropriate response to unhappiness that America is at war?
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Anybody who doesn't appreciate what America has done and President Bush, let
them go to hell! -- Iraqi voter Betty Devisha.
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