Surrender Monkeys and Bananas
It is not as clearly defined as some would like to think. Disagreements, arguments, unpleasant incidents and all manner of behavior are represented in the issues related to the Iraq war. Military veterans express their favor with one side or the other. Common attributes among individuals that allow them to be categorized in groups, e.g., veterans, politicians, students, parents, wives, etc., have representation on both sides of these issues.
For those who choose an arbitrary withdrawal, aka surrender, a continuous stream of criticism directed solely at President Bush is the primary outlet for their anger. Any suggestion that mistakes were made by all those involved in the decision to authorize the use of military force in Iraq are ignored by those favoring surrender. To those who do not share that opinion a void is present in the debate. A debate that should never proceed during wartime but a debate nonetheless. While those who prefer the Reagan statement, ‘we win, they lose’, many have openly agreed the basis for proceeding with military action was flawed. A concession not reciprocated by those favoring surrender by admitting Congress shares responsibility for neglecting their duty of checks and balances.
The first reference in this post is from June 17th and outlines the fact that Americans are certainly not pleased with Congress. Based on polling data over many months, the President, the House and the Senate have record or near record low approval ratings from the public. Of course polls don’t tell the whole story and not all decisions should be made as a result of polling numbers. The importance of the polls here is a trend that applies to a long period of time. The statistical information can be significant as an indicator that all is not well. In addition to the midterm elections and the deluge of comments and demands communicated to the White House and Congress this year and last, one should be able to expect more appropriate response from elected officials. Not that they should be expected to find a perfect solution to satisfy all people but they should at least display the professionalism and intelligence in working together to solve issues.
Americans Clearly Upset with U.S. Congress
Angus Reid Global Monitor : Polls & Research
June 17, 2007(Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Satisfaction with the performance of the House of Representatives and the Senate plummeted this month in the United States, according to four recent public opinion polls. 27 per cent of respondents to a survey by Bloomberg and the Los Angeles Times approve of the way Congress is handling its job, down seven points since April.
Although the next reference is considerably older than the rest it is still valid. The point made closer to the beginning of this post indicated those favoring surrender in Iraq refused to accept the fact that everyone involved in the decision to go to war share the responsibility with the President and he alone should not bare the burden. If you glanced ahead you understand the point. The flawed intel everyone likes to mention was neglected by Congress in their assessment of a vote on authorizing the US to go to war. So why then does the surrender crowd continue to disregard this fact? Could it be they view it as harmful to their interest in bashing the President? Could the bashing be mostly political? Does the surrender crowd have an understanding of how damaging their surrender speech is? There are many questions and not much in the way of answers from those favoring surrender.
Records: Senators who OK’d war didn’t read key report
POSTED: 7:25 a.m. EDT, May 29, 2007
• Hillary Clinton, John McCain and most others in Congress didn’t read document
• Newspaper: Six senators, a few House members logged as reading report
• Most in Congress were briefed several times, read summary of report
• Report was wrong about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq
The articles referenced below are just a reminder of how central to all things MSM is the war in Iraq. The Dems have continued to make it a central theme of their campaigns. It is mentioned in nearly every speech, press release and news conference.
So the decision to discuss it on this blog was an unfortunate necessity. To omit arguments in opposition to the antiwar crowd merely concedes in their favor. That would be irresponsible. That the antiwar crowd cannot understand that no one wants war is also unfortunate. Humankind has not solved that age old problem. But when it does happen, to support surrender is near suicidal. The only thing worse than war is losing a war. And again, the really sad part is their missing support of the war effort surely would have shortened the duration and provided the desired outcome. Yet they complain and argue about how long or how well or how poorly is the status of the war.
There simply are not enough bananas to train the surrender monkeys for victory.
Stanford Matthews
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A Rudderless, Co-opted Antiwar “Movement”
Swans, CA - Jun 17, 2007 –1 hour ago
Of these 77 senators, 29 were Democrats — that is, a majority of Democrats voted for the Iraq War Resolution. The House passed the Resolution by a vote of …
Russert on Presidential Race
RealClearPolitics, IL - Jun 14, 2007
HANNITY: Tim, one of the things, the most contentious issue of our time, obviously, is the war in Iraq. We had Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid write this letter …
Pelosi, Reid and the Circular Firing Squad
TPMCafe, NY - Jun 13, 2007
Without those Republicans, not even an alliance between Reid and Bush could save the bill from defeat. Now comes the Iraq war, where Dubya and the GOP are …
Do-Nothing Congress
American Daily, OH - Jun 10, 2007
Now we hear that all out war between Israel and Syria is possible this summer. Did Pelosi’s humiliating wearing of a headscarf in difference to Islamic …
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