Posted on 06/17/2006 9:21:42 AM PDT by aceintx
HRES 861 EH
H . Res . 861
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
Whereas the United States and its allies are engaged in a Global War on Terror....
Can we afford to let the Dems take over congress?
Why can't we call them what they are...seditionists and traitors!
HRES 861 EH
H . Res . 861
In the House of Representatives, U.S.,
June 16, 2006.
Whereas the United States and its allies are engaged in a Global War on Terror, a long and demanding struggle against an adversary that is driven by hatred of American values and that is committed to imposing, by the use of terror, its repressive ideology throughout the world;
Whereas for the past two decades, terrorists have used violence in a futile attempt to intimidate the United States;
Whereas it is essential to the security of the American people and to world security that the United States, together with its allies, take the battle to the terrorists and to those who provide them assistance;
Whereas the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and other terrorists failed to stop free elections in Afghanistan and the first popularly-elected President in that nation's history has taken office;
Whereas the continued determination of Afghanistan, the United States, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization will be required to sustain a sovereign, free, and secure Afghanistan;
Whereas the steadfast resolve of the United States and its partners since September 11, 2001, helped persuade the government of Libya to surrender its weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas by early 2003 Saddam Hussein and his criminal, Ba'athist regime in Iraq, which had supported terrorists, constituted a threat against global peace and security and was in violation of mandatory United Nations Security Council Resolutions;
Whereas the mission of the United States and its Coalition partners, having removed Saddam Hussein and his regime from power, is to establish a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq at peace with its neighbors;
Whereas the terrorists have declared Iraq to be the central front in their war against all who oppose their ideology;
Whereas the Iraqi people, with the help of the United States and other Coalition partners, have formed a permanent, representative government under a newly ratified constitution;
Whereas the terrorists seek to destroy the new unity government because it threatens the terrorists' aspirations for Iraq and the broader Middle East;
Whereas United States Armed Forces, in coordination with Iraqi security forces and Coalition and other friendly forces, have scored impressive victories in Iraq including finding and killing the terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi;
Whereas Iraqi security forces are, over time, taking over from United States and Coalition forces a growing proportion of independent operations and increasingly lead the fight to secure Iraq;
Whereas the United States and Coalition servicemembers and civilians and the members of the Iraqi security forces and those assisting them who have made the ultimate sacrifice or been wounded in Iraq have done so nobly, in the cause of freedom; and
Whereas the United States and its Coalition partners will continue to support Iraq as part of the Global War on Terror: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
(1) honors all those Americans who have taken an active part in the Global War on Terror, whether as first responders protecting the homeland, as servicemembers overseas, as diplomats and intelligence officers, or in other roles;
(2) honors the sacrifices of the United States Armed Forces and of partners in the Coalition, and of the Iraqis and Afghans who fight alongside them, especially those who have fallen or been wounded in the struggle, and honors as well the sacrifices of their families and of others who risk their lives to help defend freedom;
(3) declares that it is not in the national security interest of the United States to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq;
(4) declares that the United States is committed to the completion of the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq;
(5) congratulates Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the Iraqi people on the courage they have shown by participating, in increasing millions, in the elections of 2005 and on the formation of the first government under Iraq's new constitution;
(6) calls upon the nations of the world to promote global peace and security by standing with the United States and other Coalition partners to support the efforts of the Iraqi and Afghan people to live in freedom; and
(7) declares that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the noble struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
You now know the advertising campaign for the 2006 mid term elections. Are the Republicans brilliant or are the Democrats just predictably stupid?
the parts below are what the libs go crazy over and why they refused to sign on...
Whereas by early 2003 Saddam Hussein and his criminal, Ba'athist regime in Iraq, which had supported terrorists, constituted a threat against global peace and security and was in violation of mandatory United Nations Security Council Resolutions;
Whereas the mission of the United States and its Coalition partners, having removed Saddam Hussein and his regime from power, is to establish a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq at peace with its neighbors;
Whereas the terrorists have declared Iraq to be the central front in their war against all who oppose their ideology
"You now know the advertising campaign for the 2006 mid term elections. Are the Republicans brilliant or are the Democrats just predictably stupid?"
Quite frankly, I would have thought that they all had more important things to do. Oh wait, they're politicians, so no I wouldn't...
They voted FOR their deep desire that the US pull of Iraq prior to winning the conflict and stabilizing Iraq. They have one priority: Avoid a victory in Iraq that would be credited to GWB. It would be the end of the democrats for years to come.
If the Islamopfascists loose in Iraq, the democrats loose in the USA.
Yep and they should all be called on it... The media doesn't even report it they should read the resolution and tell Americans exactly what the Democrats voted no on... and then by all means read John Kerrys resolution to ..
John Kerry's Iraq War Resolution amounts to nothing more then a threat to the Iraqi government that if they do not move in a time schedule that the U.S. sets then we will abandon them and allow that fledgling democracy the opportunity to fail instead of succeed.
What utter hypocrisy.
Why would the U.S. attempt to threaten an allie in the war on terror.... This is such a transparent attempt by the Dems to politicize the war.
Never again allow John Kerry to snatch Defeat from the Jaws of Victory like he did in 1971
bump
Paging Dan Rather, Paging Dan Rather, we have a scoop for you... hahahaha
Why I heard the dems who voted against the resolution speak on MSM I honestly felt as if I was in some parellel universe, where everything was turned on it's head. Right is Wrong. Truth is UNtruth. Reality is Imagination.
It's as if what they say, simply Can Not Be what they really think, since it's just Unreal.
How ANYONE could possibly support them is inconceivable, and yet it happens. It's depressing. Really.
Not to quibble with your otherwise accuracte points, I thought Saddam was only paying 20 o 25K per suicide bomber. He was a murderous cheapskate.
The next major Iraq milestone should be Saddam's hanging - and it should happen quickly!!
Fake but accurate?
I would bet that most of the 183 are in "safe" seats.
FAKE BUT ACCURATE...What the libs say about Dan Rather's fake report on President Bush's National Guard service.
“The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.”
I could be wrong, If so I stand corrected. Thanks for pointing out the error
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