Senate Adopts "Exit Strategy From Reality (Mark Steyn On The Deliberative Corpse Alert)

Chicago Sun-Times ^ | 11/20/05 | Mark Steyn

[goldstategop]

A deliberative corpse - the died of a corpus delicti and its crime was competing for who best who could offer Abu Musab al Zarqawi the white flag. "Exit strategy?" That's a moniker for defeat. No one in the U.S Senate seemed prepared to talk of victory. So much for the Doughboys' song that underlined American resolve in the Great War a century ago. We can't risk a single soldier on behalf of freedom because we don't have the will to effectively defend it abroad. Its worth pondering on the eve of the 2006 elections why Senators think there are no vital interests the U.S has on the line in the War On Terror - four years after 9/11. If only as Mark Steyn argues, we could throw the bums out, perhaps then the Great Satan would finally grow a set of cojones.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[goldstategop]

How dare you question my patriotism?", well, yes, I am questioning your patriotism -- because you're failing to meet the challenge of the times. Thanks to you, Iraq is a quagmire -- not in the Sunni Triangle, where U.S. armed forces are confident and effective, but on the home front, where soft-spined national legislators have turned the war into one almighty Linguini Triangle.

Two Mark Steyn money quotes: "I am questioning your patriotism," and "one almight Linguini Triangle." Yep, the true enemy isn't in the Sunni Triangle, its the sunshine patriots in Washington who are more of insurgents than the insurgents seeking to topple Iraq's first democratic government.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[quantim]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is hereby renamed as the Thomas R. Harkin Global Communications Center."

A bit of irony there.

[goldstategop]

Dungheap Harkin. Now there's an irony for y'all.

(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie.Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")

[MNJohnnie]

WOW! BACK TO THE TOP!

[cricket]

This should be read aloud on the floor of the Senate.

Think there is no one there, however, with enough courage to do even that..

[cricket]

This should be read aloud on the floor of the Senate.

Think there is no one there, however, with enough courage to do even that..

[tkathy]

With all due respect, the problem isn't the Senate, it's the stunning inarticulation of the leadership. Bush, Cheney and Frist.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

What does Rockefeller believe, really? I know what Bush believes: He thought Saddam should go in 2002 and today he's glad he's gone, as am I. I know what, say, Michael Moore believes: He wanted to leave Saddam in power in 2002, and today he thinks the "insurgents" are the Iraqi version of America's Minutemen. But what do Rockefeller and Reid and Kerry believe deep down? That voting for the war seemed the politically expedient thing to do in 2002 but that they've since done the math and figured that pandering to the moveon.org crowd is where the big bucks are?

My tagline is often quite explanatory:

The idea around which liberalism coheres is that
"NOTHING actually matters but PR."

[A.Hun]

Sorry, but all you have had to do is listen.

George Bush and his administration have said time and again that we will be in Iraq until the Iraqis can protect themselves. Killing terrorists from all over the world on a daily basis is just a benefit.

Our sacrifice at this point is small compared to the sacrifice of Iraqis. They are fighting for freedom and suffering for it.

Victory is an exit strategy. Don't be overwhelmed by the MSM BS, listen to what GWB is saying.

[secret garden]

Steyn ping!

[kittymyrib]

This great piece needs to be sent to every senator. They may impress each other and name buildings after their worthless collegues, but the rest of us are disgusted with them. The country would be better off dumping the institution of the Senate, where good ideas go to die. That branch of the legislative body ceased to function when it became elective, rather than appointed by the states as it was established to be.

[plangent]

Jean Schmidt from Ohio would read it

[tkathy]

GWB is saying not enough. He should be out there most every day.

[A.Hun]

I think he has realized that.

Still, what he says gets little or slanted coverage.

It is heartening though, to finally see his party standing up some also. I think Friday night was a turning point for all conservatives. EIther we stand together or lose this debate on the war to outrageous charges and outright lies.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings kittymyrib:

They may impress each other and name buildings after their worthless colleagues, but the rest of us are disgusted with them.

Reminds me of the way I feel every time I walk past a Howard Metzenbaum Post Office.

Cheers,
OLA

[alwaysconservative]

Great article; thanks for posting it!

Pokey ping to an unexerpted Steyn.

[Right_in_Virginia]

the problem isn't the Senate, it's the stunning inarticulation of the leadership. Bush, Cheney and Frist.

Ah, you do know Frist is the SENATE leader, don't you?

[OneLoyalAmerican]

Greetings plangent:

Jean Schmidt from Ohio would read it.

Notice how the 'Rat talking points bash Representative Schmidt this weekend. 'Rat talking points are correct on one point: Murtha IS the "most hawkish" 'Rat.

Cheers,
OLA

[Gritty]

Sadly, Mark is again right on the mark!