You know, I was thinking to myself over the weekend "Why is Congress so bent on pissing Turkey off"? Then I had an epiphany.
What if Congress is trying to piss off the Turks in order for them to order us out of their country? Almost 70% of the supplies for the war in Iraq goes through Turkey. Not having that route would make the war much more difficult.
It makes a lot of sense to me, given that Nancy Pelosi recently said that the vote on the "genocide" would go forward "no matter what". I have no doubt that Democrats are this sneaky and underhanded. But currently, I only have suspicions. Undermining the war in Iraq, without having a direct vote or showing your hand to Republicans is a tactical move that I applaud for creativity, but condemn because the people it effects directly is the soldiers on the ground.
Now, materials and supplies could take longer to get to those folks who need these things. Medical supplies, food, ammunition, everything would take longer to get to the hands that need them most.
It's really "win-win" for Democrats in Congress. They are spineless when it comes to confrontation, so they can undermine without directly facing opposition; they slow the war down in Iraq in hopes to get it to stop, and more.
But it shows their complete lack of long term thinking when it comes to US interests. It puts US soldiers at risk, unnecessarily alienates an ally, which they said we shouldn't be doing in the war on terrorism.
Every time I think Democrats can't sink any lower, they surprise me. I used to think they were simply people with differing political opinions, misguided at worst, now they are showing their true colors when it comes to our allies and the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq.
They want America to lose. They NEED America to lose so they can say "See! I told you Republicans were bad! Vote Democrat".
Well the problem is that America ISN'T losing. In fact, attacks and deaths in Iraq have dropped significantly to the point where one General is openly questioning if they should declare victory over Al-Qaeda in Iraq. I think unless there's a definitive military goal achieved, that we should hold off on that, but with the "good news" coming from Iraq lately, it appears that Democrats are losing steam when it comes to the upcoming elections.
That's something they certainly don't want to have happen.
Travis
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