Posted by
Glenn Hunt on Saturday, August 11, 2007 2:29:57 PM
Defeatism in America
With leaders in our congress such as Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton all calling for our withdrawl from Iraq, at first glance one could mistake it for a legitimate idea or even a practical one. Our representatives who are calling for withdrawl are obviously unaware of the implications that it can bring about, or even the sheer and utter idiocy it implies.
People like Harry Reid wish for the United States to throw up the white flag of surrender to a bunch of thugs. These people in the areas of Afghanistan and Iraq are not a fighting force, they are not an opposing army. They are a gang, a gang of radicals who think that blowing up their fellow countrymen with suicide bomb attacks and car bombs in crowded markets are a way to reach their goals. These people do not deserve the respect to be called an insurgency, but they should always be called by what they truely are, terrorists.
With the continued push in the Senate by Democrats to enforce a timetable for removal of troops for Iraq, they continually attempt to break a very basic rule in any competition, lethal or otherwise. I have recognized and acknowledged this rule at 17, and I'm sure almost any young kid who has competed with anyone can tell you what it is. But it is appalling that the leaders of this Senate, our wizened old leaders, fail to realize that you NEVER tell your opponent what you are planning to do if you want to win!
Each time the Senate pushes to have a timetable imposed on the generals and troops of Iraq, these terrorists garner another win in their column. We can not give up in Iraq. We must not pull out until the job is done. And we will not let them win.