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Joe Biden To George Bush: Level With Americans about “Troop Surge”

2006-12-28
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President George W. Bush has indicated his scorn for world opinion by invading Iraq; he has demonstrated his disdain for the Constitution by his warrantless wiretapping; and now he has exhibited his scorn of the American people by his plan to dispatch an additional 30,00 troops to Iraq.

The mandate of the midterm elections was clear: Bring our soldiers home from Iraq immediately! Instead of acquiescing to the clear voice of the voters, Bush is proposing to do just the opposite.

Most Democrats have cajones the size of ball bearings; they are going along with this “temporary surge” of American forces in Iraq.

Democratic Sen. Joe Biden, who is considering running for president in 2008, is one of the few Democrats speaking out against Bush’s insane Iraq policy.

From NBC News:

Biden said President Bush must “level with the American public” that any surge of U.S. military forces in Iraq will likely last for at least 18 months.

It is easy to send troops to their death in Iraq, it’s extremely difficult to extricate them from the Iraqi quagmire. Biden is being much too optimistic, the surge will last for years, not months.

From NBC News:

Biden, D-Del., will assume the chairmanship of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee next month. He plans immediately to convene a series of hearings on the Iraq war.

I hope the networks, including Fox News, will provide in-depth coverage of these vital hearings. Our hapless commander-in-chief is set to announce his new Iraq strategy next month. Now is the time for Democrats and responsible Republicans to speak out against sending more troops to Iraq.

I hope Biden compels Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and the other architects of the Iraq war to testify. Let these warmongers attempt to justify their criminal invasion in the glare of the TV cameras.

Hopefully, in a few days Saddam will be hanged, bringing a small measure of closure to the Iraqi people. Hopefully, in a few months Bush will be impeached, bringing closure to the American people.

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  • NationalVoice

    The reason that Bush is wanting more troops has nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with attacking Iran.

    Bush and his conspirators are domestic enemies and we should call upon our military to do their duty and protect us from the true enemy that we are currently be confronted by.

  • NationalVoice

    The reason that Bush is wanting more troops has nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with attacking Iran.

    Bush and his conspirators are domestic enemies and we should call upon our military to do their duty and protect us from the true enemy that we are currently be confronted by.

  • NationalVoice

    The reason that Bush is wanting more troops has nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with attacking Iran.

    Bush and his conspirators are domestic enemies and we should call upon our military to do their duty and protect us from the true enemy that we are currently be confronted by.

  • NationalVoice

    The reason that Bush is wanting more troops has nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with attacking Iran.

    Bush and his conspirators are domestic enemies and we should call upon our military to do their duty and protect us from the true enemy that we are currently be confronted by.

  • donnieboy57

    squiggy… I 100% agree with you. The left advocates retreat and “dialogue with murders” and at the same time shows support for the downfall of Saddam as an evil tyrant. We always say they can’t have it both ways but in reality they do have it both ways, totally supported by the msm. Of course, it works that way because most people worry more about spending money on jewelry and what color their wallpaper should be than how their children and their childrens children will live and die. But I could be wrong.

  • donnieboy57

    squiggy… I 100% agree with you. The left advocates retreat and “dialogue with murders” and at the same time shows support for the downfall of Saddam as an evil tyrant. We always say they can’t have it both ways but in reality they do have it both ways, totally supported by the msm. Of course, it works that way because most people worry more about spending money on jewelry and what color their wallpaper should be than how their children and their childrens children will live and die. But I could be wrong.

  • donnieboy57

    squiggy… I 100% agree with you. The left advocates retreat and “dialogue with murders” and at the same time shows support for the downfall of Saddam as an evil tyrant. We always say they can’t have it both ways but in reality they do have it both ways, totally supported by the msm. Of course, it works that way because most people worry more about spending money on jewelry and what color their wallpaper should be than how their children and their childrens children will live and die. But I could be wrong.

  • donnieboy57

    squiggy… I 100% agree with you. The left advocates retreat and “dialogue with murders” and at the same time shows support for the downfall of Saddam as an evil tyrant. We always say they can’t have it both ways but in reality they do have it both ways, totally supported by the msm. Of course, it works that way because most people worry more about spending money on jewelry and what color their wallpaper should be than how their children and their childrens children will live and die. But I could be wrong.

  • Squiggy

    Yes, and without Dubya’s insistence on invading Iraq, we wouldn’t have almost 3,000 American soldiers killed and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed.

    If it weren’t for Democrats getting us into Vietnam (and then forcing us to surrender) we wouldn’t have had 58000 Americans killed for absolutely nothing. Our soldiers in Iraq believe in what they’re doing. But you know better.

    Besides, you ignored the other part of what I said – you want So-damn Insane executed, so by default you support the Iraq war. Your logic is twisted (i.e. typical liberal).

  • Squiggy

    Yes, and without Dubya’s insistence on invading Iraq, we wouldn’t have almost 3,000 American soldiers killed and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed.

    If it weren’t for Democrats getting us into Vietnam (and then forcing us to surrender) we wouldn’t have had 58000 Americans killed for absolutely nothing. Our soldiers in Iraq believe in what they’re doing. But you know better.

    Besides, you ignored the other part of what I said – you want So-damn Insane executed, so by default you support the Iraq war. Your logic is twisted (i.e. typical liberal).

  • Squiggy

    Yes, and without Dubya’s insistence on invading Iraq, we wouldn’t have almost 3,000 American soldiers killed and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed.

    If it weren’t for Democrats getting us into Vietnam (and then forcing us to surrender) we wouldn’t have had 58000 Americans killed for absolutely nothing. Our soldiers in Iraq believe in what they’re doing. But you know better.

    Besides, you ignored the other part of what I said – you want So-damn Insane executed, so by default you support the Iraq war. Your logic is twisted (i.e. typical liberal).

  • Squiggy

    Yes, and without Dubya’s insistence on invading Iraq, we wouldn’t have almost 3,000 American soldiers killed and over 100,000 Iraqi civilians killed.

    If it weren’t for Democrats getting us into Vietnam (and then forcing us to surrender) we wouldn’t have had 58000 Americans killed for absolutely nothing. Our soldiers in Iraq believe in what they’re doing. But you know better.

    Besides, you ignored the other part of what I said – you want So-damn Insane executed, so by default you support the Iraq war. Your logic is twisted (i.e. typical liberal).

  • wblackburn

    That last paragraph should have said that Saddam supported, aided, and gave hiding places to TERRORISTS, not just the ambiguous “them”.

  • wblackburn

    That last paragraph should have said that Saddam supported, aided, and gave hiding places to TERRORISTS, not just the ambiguous “them”.

  • wblackburn

    That last paragraph should have said that Saddam supported, aided, and gave hiding places to TERRORISTS, not just the ambiguous “them”.

  • wblackburn

    That last paragraph should have said that Saddam supported, aided, and gave hiding places to TERRORISTS, not just the ambiguous “them”.

  • wblackburn

    But the Iraq war has caused the death of almost 3,000 American soldiers and over 100,000 mostly civilian Iraqi deaths.

    Ok, I’m going to mention once that the majority of the Iraqi civilian deaths are at the hands of the terrorist “insurgents”, rather than our military, and that’s all.

    What I really want to point out is this: The looming danger of Islamic Jihad was ignored for many years, while it grew like a forest of hornet’s nests. Every once in a while, when the hornets would get restless, someone or some group would get stung. 9/11 made us look up and see the hornet’s nests in the trees, and we have now taken up the job of cleaning them out. Unfortunately, there are other animals in the trees (civilians), so we can’t just burn them out with flamethrowers, we need to get them a nest at a time, and while we are doing that, the hornets are swarming on us and causing many more stings than ever before.

    All this damage could have been greatly reduced if we had properly identified the threat in the past. I’m not going to blame anyone, just pointing out that at this point, we are poking hornet’s nests and will continue to get stings until they are all (or nearly all) rooted out, and we can then keep their numbers to a minimum in the future. This level of killing or more was inevitable. It’s just showing up now because we started trying to clean up the problem.

    And please don’t try to derail this with “But Saddam and Iraq didn’t have anything to do with 9/11″. Maybe not, but he DID support, aid, and give hiding places to them, and we’re not just going after the hornet’s nest that stung us on 9/11, but ALL of them, so they don’t sting us so bad in the future.

  • wblackburn

    But the Iraq war has caused the death of almost 3,000 American soldiers and over 100,000 mostly civilian Iraqi deaths.

    Ok, I’m going to mention once that the majority of the Iraqi civilian deaths are at the hands of the terrorist “insurgents”, rather than our military, and that’s all.

    What I really want to point out is this: The looming danger of Islamic Jihad was ignored for many years, while it grew like a forest of hornet’s nests. Every once in a while, when the hornets would get restless, someone or some group would get stung. 9/11 made us look up and see the hornet’s nests in the trees, and we have now taken up the job of cleaning them out. Unfortunately, there are other animals in the trees (civilians), so we can’t just burn them out with flamethrowers, we need to get them a nest at a time, and while we are doing that, the hornets are swarming on us and causing many more stings than ever before.

    All this damage could have been greatly reduced if we had properly identified the threat in the past. I’m not going to blame anyone, just pointing out that at this point, we are poking hornet’s nests and will continue to get stings until they are all (or nearly all) rooted out, and we can then keep their numbers to a minimum in the future. This level of killing or more was inevitable. It’s just showing up now because we started trying to clean up the problem.

    And please don’t try to derail this with “But Saddam and Iraq didn’t have anything to do with 9/11″. Maybe not, but he DID support, aid, and give hiding places to them, and we’re not just going after the hornet’s nest that stung us on 9/11, but ALL of them, so they don’t sting us so bad in the future.

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