Well thank God for that. Even President Bush is calling it how he sees it:
"With all these pressing responsibilities, one thing Congress should not be doing is sorting out the historical record of the Ottoman Empire," Bush said. "The resolution on the mass killings of Armenians beginning in 1915 is counterproductive. ...
"Congress has more important work to do than antagonizing a democratic ally in the Muslim world, especially one that's providing vital support for our military every day," Bush said.
You would think that Democrats would be a bit more long term thinking on an issue like this, however, I'm beginning to think that my earlier theory that this was an affront to get the Turks pissed enough to disrupt the supply side of the Iraq war was true.
Pelosi, D-Calif., is expected to hold off on a vote until she gets a better idea of how many House members will support it—a task assumed behind the scenes by the resolution's primary co-sponsors, including Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. More than a dozen lawmakers withdrew their sponsorship of the measure this month.
That's a cowardly act right there. Pelosi knows that this is unpopular and is waiting to see how unpopular before she speaks about it. If you support it, support it, but don't go with the cowardly "you first" attitude. You were elected for your leadership, and now you're showing that you can't do that.
What's worse, is that after I told you all that Democrats chide us for alienating our allies, Murtha actually said this:
Said Murtha: "We don't have the number of allies we used to have. We've lost so much credibility worldwide."
Well Murtha, if we've lost so much credibility, why the hell are you trying to piss off another ally? The fact is that you and Pelosi thought that you could do this to piss off Turkey in the hopes that they would end their support of the supply lines for the war in Iraq.
There was a massive backlash against it, and now you're trying to tuck tail and run home to momma.
Face it, you thought you could be sneaky, and you failed. If you're going to try to undermine the war in Iraq, try to think of a better way then one that puts the critical supplies of ground troops at a steady decline.
Bad form Murtha.
Travis
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