I have been reading a lot about the “Surge” resolutions that failed in the Senate and is currently being debated in the House.
As I have said before, if that is what the people want, that is what t
he people get. Though I disagree with the basis for the resolution I think the Democrats should be allowed to do as they please with the Republican’s voicing opposition. I don’t believe in obstructionism. (For the record the Senate Republicans didn’t obstruct Warner/Levin. The Republicans wanted fair debate on their amendments and the Dems wouldn’t allow it)
That being said I think it is really funny how critics of the ware like to say that the Bush Administration should have listened to General Shinseki when he said that “hundreds of thousands” of troops would be needed to handle Iraq. Now critics of the war aren’t listening to General Petraeus when he says more troops and the surge are crucial to the success in Iraq. This is evidence by the support of the anti-surge resolutions in congress.
Funny how that works isn’t it?
Another funny thing I found is the list of Democrats for the surge before they were against it. As soon as Bush was for the surge they changed their positions.
[...] them matters. Remember when “The Surge” was first being talked about Democrats were for it before they were against it. Not only that, the word of an Army General that the left agreed with was akin to the word of [...]