Struck A Nerve
The Barnyard got visited by the Senate today at least a dozen times, hi Charlie, it looks like The Pledge has struck a nerve and the BarnYard is listed on the blogroll. It also appears to have worked as the anti-war resolution cannot get the votes needed for cloture. Yes, the GOP realizes its base has a spine and wants its Reps to as well, we would guess the NRSC cracked the whip and said that ignoring that petition/Pledge would hurt and badly. The loonbats are going to let off a major squeal, as stuck pigs do, and run around in frenzied circles screaming' the sky is falling' and hopefully abandon politics as too corrupt to change and spend all their time and money staging insanity/socialism displays posing as peace rallies for aging hippies and smelly, anarchist druggies. If this is the image of the DNC base is placed before America, along with the various "Pride" parades that go over the top, the DNC is in for the same wakeup that hit the GOP last year.
Much is written and spoken about the rifts in the conservative movement, they are there but not nearly as deep as those on the left, over many issues, mostly social. America is largely center-right libertarian, live and let live, and when the people get drift of the left's socialist stench, the stinkers will be soundly rejected and that is already happening. You can only put so much perfume and lipstick on a pig before it returns to its mudhole and reveals the pig behind the mask.
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Update: A must read from Michael Barone.
6 comments:
To My fellow Republicans,
I served over twenty-six years in the US Navy and I work daily with US Veterans. Personally, I think it is high time our elected politicians started questioning how we have made a mess of Iraq.
Do I think this non-support of more troops is a perfect resolution? No, but it is time for all Americans, regardless of their party to question what is going on.
The Iraqi vets I work with are some of the finest to have ever served in any conflict. They cannot do the job alone.
I am a forty-year plus, registered Republican. I am suggesting to all of my Republican friends that they listen to those in leadership positions, like Jim Webb, who have actually seen the horrors of war up close.
Mismangement of the Iraq War has made it that much more difficult to resolve the Afghanistan challenge; we need a strong military that is not weakened by repeats of past poor strategic use of our forces.
Time for vigorous debate;we have had several years now of top-down management of the war by those who (except for Colin Powell) never experienced war. Opinions of General Shinseki and many, many experts in Bush 41's administration were ignored. Isn't it time to see some useful debate for a change?
Or in other words, if you do NOT support this rather weak resolution pushed by about half of the Senate, will you finally ask your elected representatives to ask hard questions about this war?
It is YOUR war too!
Regards,
Thank You for your service Sir, though having served you know there are thousands of Generals active and retired, Gen.s Shinsecki and Powell being but two of them. It was Gen. Powell's testimoney that convinced this nation to go to war and helped develope those plans. Now James Webb is as true an American hero and patriot as their is but his own internal rage prevents him from seeing beyond it.
You sound alot like a seminar poster. No real Republican would cite Sen. Webb.
Thanks for your response to my post!
I mentioned General Shinseki because as Army Chief of Staff, he had recommended about three times the number of occupation troops.
After several years of dealing with disabled Iraqi Vets, and no end in sight of problems there, I am suggesting that we now listen to other voices, as opposed to more of the same lockstep-mentality from this administration.
Rather than trying to figure out who a "True Republican" is, maybe we should listen to people, outside of this administration, who have been there, on the ground in wars like this.
Then, after we listen to their ideas on what has now become a very difficult to solve situation, we voice our opinions; (i.e. more than putting a "Support our Troops" sticker on our cars).
Cheers,
Oh I have my connections to Centcom and milbloggers and even boots on the ground in Iraq and I hear a different tone. We the people need to stop trying to micro-manage the war and let Gen. Petreaus and his men do their job and kick ass. We don't need armchair quarterbacks constantly whining and complaining here at home. I actually have followed this war very closely sir and soundly reject dwelling in the past mistakes and suggest winning the battle of Iraq and the GWOT as a whole. Retreat, sir, is not an option.
With sincere respects to your opinion, we do NOT seem to be winning the War in Iraq and the waste of precious resources there is making it harder to win the overall GWOT. Virtually all of the reports I get from vets and from friends still in the military indicate that the plan is not working and the new plan, AS PRESENTLY CONTRUCTED, has little chance of success. The official report from the head of Army Reserves in 2005, over a year ago, indicated very low readiness and a Reseve system practically broken. We are supposed to be safer against OTHER threats than Iraq with our Reserves being used like this?
Now, your contacts MAY be closer to the ultimate reality on Iraq, than mine are. The reports I hear however, are pretty scary. One of my roomates at the Naval academy wrote the Navy's War Plans for the first Gulf War. Classmates at the Naval War College are similarly concerned, because we DO NOT HAVE A PLAN RIGHT NOW TO WIN.
One of the reasons I happened to mention Jim Webb, is that he has, like others, raised the question of diplomatic solutions, to be used in tandem with military force and threat of force. He has not only on-the-ground combat experience, but also training and experience in the larger geo-political issues. I can tell you that those who are still on active duty are not as free to speak their mind about these issues as he is.
I harbor no illusions that ANY of the countries in the Middle East is going to place US interests above their own. Each of these countries however, face serious problems of their own; stalled economies, large and restive populations; many external and internal enemies. We may be able to work out a mutually-beneficial agreement.
Lastly, pundits come and go, but WHERE ARE those former military officers who can explain why they think the current plan has a chance of winning?
Sen. Webb does have the dubious honor of serving in a war that was lost because of meddling politicians and that is the biggest complaint I hear from the military. Their civilian overseers won't let them do their job. The Iraqi people need to know we are not leaving until they can protect themselves from the thugs of AQ. We win every single conflict when the enemy stands and fights. There may not be enough troops in Iraq if they are told to fight with one hand tied to one foot behind the back. We need to untie them and let them do their job. Sir, do you actually believe that we are not using diplomatic pressure as well? Just who do you suggest we talk to, AQ, Iran, Syria? What do we do, bribe them to help paper tiger America wipe its ass? Do we cede Israel to the Palestinian thugs and Lebanon to Syria? It is easy to talk about diplomacy, just there ain't noone to talk to and be diplomatic with.
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