“...said Baird, who returned this week from a trip that included stops in Israel, Jordan and Iraq. He said he met troops, U.S. advisers and Iraqis, whose stories have convinced him the military must stay longer.”
Haven’t we all read more stories similar to this about Representatives returning from Iraq with positive commentary on not only the surge, but our being there in the first place. I know I have, and it makes me wonder about the information flow into our Congressional theater each time I read this sort of thing.
How can our Lawmakers be so extremely detached?
Call me cynical, but I believe most of the pols on the left have known all along that taking down Saddam and assuring a fairly stable government to prevent further sponsorship of jihadists were the proper steps to take.
Democrat leadership, however, has dictated that Bush and his supporters must be attacked relentlessly on all fronts. They have known that there would be times when they would need to cast votes to continue operations but that they could cover themselves by kicking and screaming the whole way.
Dems facing election where it could swing either way are now faced with having to blunt the impact of their perpetual anti war stance. If it suddenly looks like we are kicking fascist butt and they have been anti military the entire way they risk being perceived as losers by a fickle electorate.
As facts come to light we will be seeing more and more incongruous flag waving from democrats, a natural outgrowth of placing politics above country.