Are The Democrats Just Totally Ignorant?

    Once again the Democrats are showing the Republicans and the rest of the nation that they still have a small dose of incompetence on the blood stream as they can't seem to agree on Murtha's plan to withhold funds from the Bush Crime Family unless the troops are trained correctly and have the right equipment to perform their duties.

   Murtha messed up this entire idea by going on a liberal website and discussing his plan which seems to have shocked the Democrats and it most certainly has giving the Republicans ammunition to use against the plan. Even a few Democrats have spoken out on the plan, saying that they do not like the idea of cutting off any funds for any reason and that cutting funds would hurt the troops. They sound more like Republicans than Democrats. Maybe we should insist they get a blood test for DNA analysis.

                                                                             

Washington Post

"If this is going to be legislation that's crafted in such a way that holds back resources from our troops, that is a non-starter, an absolute non-starter," declared Rep. Jim Matheson (Utah), a leader of the conservative Blue Dog Democrats.

Tom Andrews, a former House member and antiwar activist who helped Murtha with his Internet rollout, fumed: "The issue to me is, what is the state of the backbone of the Democratic Party? How will they respond to this counterattack? Republicans are throwing touchdown passes on this because the Democrats aren't even on the field."

Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, a Florida Democrat and deputy whip, said party leaders are working on several Iraq proposals and that Murtha's may survive. Finding consensus will be difficult but not impossible, she said. "This is a multi-step process," she cautioned. "At least we're debating the topic, not blindly following the president."

   Yes Rep. Wasserman, you are blindly following the president, only in a different way. The GOP has led you and your friends around in a circle and have thus far beaten the Democrats at anything that is of major importance.  Wake the hell up!

 

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U.S. Generals To Resign If Bush Orders Iran Attack

   Forget Yahoo, back to the goodie's!

   The word from The Sunday Times in London is that a few of America's senior military commanders are ready to resign if Bush orders an attack on Iran. This is according to defense and intelligence sources. 

                                       

      The Sunday Times

February 25, 2007    Michael Smith and Sarah Baxter, Washington

The Sunday Times has learnt that up to five generals and admirals are willing to resign rather than approve what they consider would be a reckless attack.

“There are four or five generals and admirals we know of who would resign if Bush ordered an attack on Iran,” a source with close ties to British intelligence said. “There is simply no stomach for it in the Pentagon, and a lot of people question whether such an attack would be effective or even possible.”

A British defence source confirmed that there were deep misgivings inside the Pentagon about a military strike. “All the generals are perfectly clear that they don’t have the military capacity to take Iran on in any meaningful fashion. Nobody wants to do it and it would be a matter of conscience for them.

“There are enough people who feel this would be an error of judgment too far for there to be resignations.”

A generals’ revolt on such a scale would be unprecedented. “American generals usually stay and fight until they get fired,” said a Pentagon source. Robert Gates, the defence secretary, has repeatedly warned against striking Iran and is believed to represent the view of his senior commanders.

 

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