Dems don't have the guts to stop Iraq fiasco
There are two things that are becoming so obvious that, to paraphrase H.L. Mencken, even editorial writers may take notice. The first is that President Bush will continue his increasingly dangerous and rotten empire building in Iraq no matter what the costs to our soldiers or the Iraqi people, even as the country goes up in flames of the civil war he created.
The second is that the Democrats won't have the courage to stop this fiasco. They know the old accusations of "not supporting our troops" are becoming meaningless, yet they still freeze. It's as if they're Superman having kryptonite thrown in his face.
They're forgetting to consider the real point of whether or not our foreign policy is justified.
The Democrats continue to twist and turn, making distinctions between funding the "surge" and funding the war. Many are still reluctant to even call for a timetable for withdrawal.
Trying to micromanage the war and cutting selected funds won't stop this president. The administration will just rummage through the hefty Defense Department budget. No, if Pelosi and her friends have any real guts, they will pull the plug on this surge and the whole war by cutting funds in toto. In doing so, they would show what supporting our troops really means - bringing them home safely.
American voters spoke out in November that they are no longer willing to spend blood and treasure to establish and defend any more puppet regimes in faraway lands.
The question is, are the Democrats really listening?
Hank Curtis
Fort Collins