Politics For 2007 and the Future
I have been watching the news on Fox lately and watching the Political junkies called Candidates for President. Also in this mix are those that call themselves the leaders of the Democratic Party as well. I have come to see that for now and the near future we are not going to have a good candidate for the Office of President unless things change drastically. The Majority leader for the Democrats (I fondly refer to as Demogogs) Senator Reid has taken it upon himself to declare the war in Iraq as a Lost War. Right after he made that announcement on TV to the world I received one of the many Veterans News Letters in an e-mail that had a letter from an Army LT in Iraq. He stated in his letter that the people of Iraq had seen this statement on TV and now were scared to help the troops by pointing out the bad guys or tell them where weapons were hid. They (the people of Iraq) were afraid we would pull out and leave them unprotected and to face the wrath of the insurgents that are now there, killing at will. The people of Iraq feel like we once again abandon them and move on.
I must wonder if this is not what Senator Reid wanted so the troops would look very bad in the eyes of the world. After all he wants the insurgents to win so he will be right. He is now in the same ring with people like Jihad Jane Fonda and Cindy Sheena and the rest of the left that hates America. For them to say the back the troops is nothing more than lip service. If they really did support the troops they would not help the enemy by making statements like Senator Reid made to the world. In fact most of the Demogogs agree with him and are calling for the surrender of our troops and to tuck tail and run. I see this being another Viet Nam only instead of jungles it is in the deserts of Iraq and Afghanistan It is my belief that if Senator Reid and the rest of the Demogogs truly believe this war is lost then they need to cut the money off to the troops and force the retreat of the Military in Iraq and Afghanistan. Wave the white flag of surrender and call it a day. Yet they offer a budget for them to keep the war going for a while longer. So they either lied with “The War In Iraq is Lost” or they hate the military so bad they want to see more bodies (American) to hold up to the people and say “See Bush did this”.
The war in Iraq was a just war in the start. It was to remove a mad man that had WMD,s and used them on his own people more than once.. Where were they when our troops got into Bagdad? I don’t have a clue, well maybe a small one. Syria or Iran now has them and are waiting to use them on us when it is the right time. The Mad Man of Bagdad had plenty of time to get them out of there before our troops arrived on his door steps. Syria would be more than willing to take them and keep them. As Iran did his fighter jets and other weapons he moved across their borders.
So let there be no mistake about this war on Terrorism we are fighting around the world It is a necessary war to protect our homes from the same bombers they have in Iraq now. We need for the leaders of Congress and the Senate to shut up and support our troops on the battle field and be sure they have all the equipment they need to have a victory. It is time for the people of America to stand up and tell our elected officials to sit down and shut up and give them all they need. After all it was the people that elected them and the people can remove them from office.
For or against this war we have going on right now don’t matter any longer. We are there and now “MUST” finish the job. Once the job is done and our troops come home then go vote and put whom ever you want into office and see if it gets any better. But we MUST finish this job now and make sure the troops are fully funded and equipped to do that job. This is my humble opinion and mine alone. I don’t ask anyone to agree with the war in Iraq or disagree with it. Just back the troops there now and give them all they need to complete their mission. That’s all I hope for in this war.
Ronald Whaley
USN/Disabled
Tallahassee, Florida.