When they gained a majority, one of the first things the Democrats wanted to do was to knock the knees out from under our military in Iraq.
The President has the power to conduct the war as he sees fit. However, congress controls spending.
With spending control in the hands of the Democrats, it seemed a simple matter for them to deny spending requested from the White House.
Representative Charles Rangel (pictured) put it all in perspective yesterday. He began by reminding his fellow Democrats what would happen if they cut funds for Iraq when he said, “Anytime, politically, you have to explain what you are saying, you have a problem. And so if I am there saying, ‘Cut the funds for Iraq and the war in Iraq,’ then someone is going to say, ‘You are taking away rifles.’”
A decorated Korean War veteran, Mr. Rangel seemed acutely sensitive to the potential consequences of voting against money for the troops.
At that point, Mr. Rangle really got to the heart of the Democrats dilemma when he explained it in his usual salty manner:
“If my black ass was in Korea during the war and people got fed up with it,” he said, “and they cut off the money so I couldn’t get some snowshoes or underwear—well, goddamn, you are cutting the wrong people.”
Cutting the knees out from under our military in time of war is not new.
Three decades ago, Ted Kennedy authored the plan to cut funding to the Vietnam War. This ultimately gave the victory to the Communists and caused the deaths of thousands of people.
Now, 30 some years later, the Democrats are poised to do it again.
How can we trust our national security to the Democrats? We can’t.
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