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Senate Democrats ignore Iraq progress
The Wall Street Journal has a great column today about the Democrats' blind eye toward Iraq progress.
Here are some pertinent excerpts:
"A useful measure of General David Petraeus's achievement is the turn in the political mood, even in the U.S. Congress. In September, Senators felt entitled to lecture, even berate, the Iraq commander. This time he was accorded more respect, no doubt because the surge is showing results even Democrats can no longer deny. Instead, they ignored them."
The author describes the progress, then says:
"Regrettably, none of this seemed to penetrate the minds of most Senate liberals. Democrats largely used the platform for reiterating the arguments they have made for 16 months, notwithstanding the changes on the ground. Joe Lieberman described the approach of his former party as "hear no progress in Iraq, see no progress in Iraq, and most of all, speak of no progress in Iraq."
"Hillary Clinton seemed to take umbrage at Mr. Lieberman's assessment. She devoted her time to arguing that, to the contrary, it would be "irresponsible" to remain in Iraq and said, "I think its time to begin an orderly process of withdrawing our troops." Under a similar barrage from other questioners, General Petraeus declined to commit to further troop reductions once the five additional combat brigades sent to Iraq last year have completed their pullout in July. He recommended a 45-day "period of consolidation and evaluation."
"If the hearings had a common theme, it was the contrast between the seriousness of General Petraeus and the sensitivity of Democrats to domestic political concerns. President Bush's worst mistakes in Iraq were due to standing by flawed strategies and old thinking. Democrats have now adopted that posture."
The Party Line is getting old. They "support the troops," yet don't congratulate the troops for the hard work they're doing! They totally ignore everything the troops do! Shameful.
-Matt Hittle
Posted at 04:14PM Apr 09, 2008 by College Republicans in Iraq | Comments[0]
