The Gulf War Buildup

    First Post has a look at all of the rhetoric going on between the United States and Iran and makes a point that the U.S. is basically acting on intelligence from dissidents and exiles. They did the same thing in the lead up to the war with Iraq, if you remember.

   First Post also takes note of the United States military build up in the Gulf region and notes that the U.S. now has 2 carrier groups in the Gulf with a third group standing by.

   Does this sound as if Bush and the boys would rather have a diplomatic solution instead of a military one?

 

Technorati tags: Persian Gulf, Iran, Iraq, U.S. military, Carrier Groups

 

Democrats Looking for Iraq Plan That Works

    One of the story's making the rounds this evening comes by way of Yahoo News concerning the Democrats not being able to figure out how to get around the GOP and other Democrats who keep stopping plans to get out of the Iraq mess that the United States is in.

   Thus far the House and the Senate's non-binding resolutions have made it nowhere as have any other resolutions dealing with our troops.

Internal party divisions, Republican opposition and a president who — while weakened — still appears to have the dominant voice on the war have all left Democrats flailing in search of a way to change the war's course.

...Their plan to place strict conditions on war funding appears to lack enough support within their own ranks to succeed. Another bid to narrow the 2002 resolution authorizing the war is unlikely to garner the 60 votes it would need to be approved in the Senate.

The first signs of impatience among Democrats' allies are sprouting.

"The public is saying, 'We hired you to get out of Iraq — now figure it out,'" said Tom Matzzie, Washington director of the anti-war group MoveOn.org. "There is a risk that without action, frustration boils over into anger."

Democrats argue that their failed efforts to thwart Bush's war plans will ultimately pay off by ratcheting up pressure for a change.

   Pressure for change? Let me see. The voters back in November said that the war in Iraq was of major concern to them. The voters back in November said that they would like to see the United States out of Iraq. The voters back in November also gave the Democrats control of the Congress and barely control of the Senate and thus far the voters most certainly have not gotten their votes worth!

   I do not think that the voters are frustrated as of yet, not from what I hear, but they are sure getting angrier at a congress who still insist on wasting time with non-binding bullshit and a host of other ideas that they cannot agree on amongst themselves.

   If the Congress wants a binding idea that they can work with then I have an idea for you. Cut the damned war funds and bring our people back home! forget about the Republicans and their ' support the troops ' bullshit and be tough for a change. You Democrats cannot support the troops by fiddling around with Bush and each other over petty crap. You Democrats cannot support our troops by leaving them stuck in that Iraqi hell-hole while you guys run around worrying about political fallout and such.

  Cut the funding! That is what the American citizens are requiring of you if there is no other alternative. There will be no political consequences if you do as you were elected to do by " We, the people "

 

Technorati tags: Democrats, congress.senate, Bush Administration, Iraq, war funding