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Sunday, March 25, 2007
Kevin McCullough :: Townhall.com Columnist
Why do Democrats crave defeat?
by Kevin McCullough
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How do these people sleep at night?

It is one thing to attempt to a have a philosophical position that spouts platitudes about the violence of our world. It's another to be against war as a general principle and long for the day when conflicts can truly be decided by judgment and fair play.

But when we have sinister forces on earth that seek our destruction and we have members of Congress who instead of representing the safety, security, and freedoms of America - decide instead to take our own income and bankroll our future destruction, then somebody, somewhere has to say something!

Fortunately we have a President who will have the judgment to veto this measure. But I am still greatly disturbed by the fact that the "People's House" of those who represent us, are so eager to wave the flag of surrender. They could not telegraph any more precisely how they would like to see us lose, and the terrorists win, than by putting a date on a piece of legislation for total terrorist victory… And they did it before our watching eyes.

It is unwise to believe that 218 congressional members know more about the situation on the ground than the commanders who serve us without political bias or corruption.

It is unsafe to surrender the type of staging ground Iraq would become if we were to leave the terrorists there unmolested and undefeated.

It is un-American to act in the interest of our enemies.

It is unpatriotic (against one’s love for one’s own country) to legislate, campaign in favor of, and bribe representatives to vote for defeat.

And it is unacceptable that Democrats spit on “We The People” in this fashion.

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Kevin McCullough is the nationally syndicated host of "'Xtreme' Radio and columnist based in New York. He blogs at www.muscleheadrevolution.com. His second book "The Kind Of MAN Every Man SHOULD Be" is in stores now.

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Mac
Wishful thinking will get you nowhere. Iraq was a failure from the very first day: the best that could possibly have resulted was an Islamic state beholding to Iran. Basically, that is what southern Iraq is at this moment.

The responsibility for whatever happens is on George Bush for initiating the invasion and for completely botching the process. Your point regarding political influence in military affairs is very well taken however. For example, Donald Rumsfeld actively squahed any sort of planning for an insurgency because that might have signaled that the Bush fantasy might have a dark side. Then Bush assigned complete incompetents in the Provisional Authority on the basis of whether they were Bush poolitical loyalists. They were ven asked whether they supported Roe V Wade before being assigned.

And finally, calling people commies is way old. Way, way old. and also so very very junior high.

Comrade Political Officer
One of the most deleterious features of the Red Army in the old Soviet Union was the presence of political officers who were, in effect, co-commanders of the various units. Their concurrence was required before the commander could order his unit to do anything. (Apparently, all Soviet military shared this feature – recall the PO in the book and film Hunt for Red October.) This was in sharp contrast to most modern militaries, where the first principle of war is ‘Unity of Command’ i. e., one commander! Comrades Reid, Pelosi, and Murtha would apparently like to institute the Soviet feature in our own military, appointing themselves as political commissars to the Commander in Chief and our field commanders. If we fail in Iraq, it will be on their heads!
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