Pat Dollard | Young Americans

Once again the Democratic Party has demonstrated the only policy they’ve had on the Iraq war since the fall of Saddam: “Our own political skins are the only priority; the lives and success of American troops, and America’s national security, are to be sacrificed as an unfortunate necessity in our quest for domestic political power. Victory in Iraq is simply bad politics for our party. We cannot win the elections if we win in Iraq. So we must promote the perception of defeat, and force a retreat. Period.”

These are the people now controlling the Democratic Party’s Iraq Policy

Once again, we are seeing the ugliest of manifestations of what can only be described as the most evil of policies, the most shameful moment in the history of our nation. And the consequences are deadly serious to us all, and will prove literally fatal to many of America’s troops and ultimately perhaps, many of its civilians. The manifestation I am talking about is Congress’s willful intended surrender and it’s public exhortation to the enemy to continue the fight, because America will be withdrawing in a matter of months, regardless of the situation. Congress, instead of discouraging the enemy from holding together it’s infrastructure, instead of discouraging the enemy from continuing to kill young Americans, instead of putting a squeeze on the enemy’s fundraising abilities by signaling to donors that the insurgent/Al Qaeda cause is lost, instead of discouraging terrorist recruitment by sending the message to young men that it is fruitless to join because we are not leaving until their recruiters are defeated ( and that we will participate in building a viable alternative future for them ), is, through their proposed upcoming arbitrary withdrawal date legislation, sending the loudest, most treasonous message possible ( and believe me, the enemy will hear it, and will kill young Americans in service with renewed vigor because of it ): HANG IN THERE, WE WILL BE RETREATING SOON, WE DON’T CARE ABOUT ANY FORM OF VICTORY, STABILITY, OR LACK OF TERRORIST SAFE HAVEN IN IRAQ. SO JUST HOLD IT TOGETHER, OH TERRORIST DEMOCRATIC PARTY ALLIES, AND MAKE SURE YOU CONTINUE TO KILL AS MANY AMERICAN TROOPS AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE WE NEED YOU TO DO THAT IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS DISHEARTENED BY THOSE KILLINGS, AND THEREFOR SUPPORTS OUR POLITICALLY MOTIVATED SELF DEFEAT AND RETREAT.

And they are literally bribing many Congressmen to vote for this American-killing legislation with the tax dollars given to them by the very troops that they are helping the enemy to kill, by the families of those troops, and by you and me.

The lunatics have taken over the asylum. The Democratic Party is not acting out of any analysis of what is good for the lives and mission of the troops, let alone what is good for America. It is acting out of a wholly pathological desire to maintain political power by appeasing the Leftist, rabidly anti-Bush ( and therefor reflexively anti-war ) element of it’s base. The tail is wagging the dog, and the dog is biting and killing the country’s troops as a result. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Ream America Emmanuel, and perennial anti-American wound-up doll Howard Dean, have decided that responsible policy, sane policy, policy that protects America and it’s troops, must be thrown out the window as an act of political appeasement to it’s voting base. The hackneyed word “tragic” is actually as appropriately used here as it will ever be. With each new body counted, we should all remember who to chalk up most of the blame to. What do I mean by this? I mean that for years the Democratic Party and the MSM have been sending the message to the enemy that they are doing everything they can to force an American retreat and defeat in Iraq. Due mostly to the breadth of the MSM’s influence, it has become quite clear to the enemy that the Dems and the MSM may well be succesful in this endeavor. As a result, the Democratic Party and the MSM have done nothing but give the enemy hope, bolster the enemy’s morale, strengthen the enemy’s fundraising and recruiting postures, and remove any and all incentive the enemy might have had to quit. In short, they have strengthened the enemy’s hand, encouraged the enemy to keep killing, and indeed, have thusly directly participated in the killing of young Americans, by aiding, abetting and comforting their killers. In criminal matters, it’s called accessory to murder. In National matters, it’s called treason.

Time and again we see the troops on the news expressing their resentment at the notion of “I support the troops, but I don’t support the mission”. The troops are not looking to be rescued, the troops are looking for a stabilized Iraq as the final testament of the success of their mission. If those who are actually fighting, bleeding, and dying for the success of this war want to keep fighting it, then why should slothful cowards whose only interest is the ultimate success of their own hubristic, pathologically selfish domestic political agenda, cast themselves, unasked, into the position of The Anointed Who Know Better And Will Rule?

And let us not forget that the primary goal of a war is not the speedy return of a country’s troops. That is the tragic misunderstanding of those who were brainwashed by Liberal Ideology in the Vietnam and post-Vietnam eras. The primary goal of any war is victory. The troops understand this, which is why they are not crying to come home. Contemporary American civilians, who know little or nothing of war, have never really been taught this truth. They have been taught that it’s all about brevity over victory. They have been taught that an appropriate exit strategy is something other than victory. They have been lied to.

I encourage everyone who is against Congress passing this disastrous encouragement to our enemies, especially those represented by Democrats, and especially those represented by Democrats who have been bribed with cash benefits in the legislation, to contact their Congressmen immediately, and tell them that you will hold them personally accountable for their vote. And perhaps pledge to do all you can to let every voter in your district know what they did. Hell, organize a local protest if you want.