Senate Republicans who earlier this week helped block deliberations on a resolution opposing President Bush's new troop deployments in Iraq changed course yesterday and vowed to use every tactic at their disposal to ensure a full and open debate.
In a letter distributed yesterday evening to Senate leaders, John W. Warner (Va.), Chuck Hagel (Neb.) and five other GOP supporters of the resolution threatened to attach their measure to any bill sent to the floor in the coming weeks. Noting that the war is the "most pressing issue of our time," the senators declared: "We will explore all of our options under the Senate procedures and practices to ensure a full and open debate."
Wankers. Which part of "there's a war going on in Iraq, Bush is sending in more troops and people want you to talk about it damnit!" didn't those Republicans understand before now? These are non-binding resolutions and my head continues to explode at all of the political game-playing going on in DC while hardly anyone (except the usual "evil librul" suspects like Feingold, Kennedy and Kucinich) is asking for something that actually will bind this president. Exactly what kind of crisis are the rest of them waiting for? Armageddon?
A top Pentagon leader weighed in yesterday on the war debate and appeared to undercut the argument advanced by the White House and many GOP lawmakers that a congressional debate challenging the Bush plan would hurt troop morale.
"There's no doubt in my mind that the dialogue here in Washington strengthens our democracy. Period," Marine Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified before the House Armed Services Committee. He added that potential enemies may take some comfort from the rancor but said they "don't have a clue how democracy works."
Yeah, you had me until you said they were clueless about democracy, Pace. Get a clue yourself. I hear there's a big sale going on at The Clue Store you might want to check out. Hurry though. It's a limited time offer.
How can you take a general seriously who, besides being one of Bush's sockpuppets (and Rumsfeld's kinder, gentler twin brother and alter ego), characterizes the enemy in such a ridiculously simplistic manner? "Know thine enemy", Pace. Seems to me that's the first rule of war. Then again, I'm not a general, so what the hell do I know?
As for "how democracy works", you might want to school your commander in chief and his ventriloquist Cheney since you seem to be so up on the subject. They need remedial lessons. Stat.
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