How about we keep fighting this war until we win it? That would be a nice change of pace.

From Lance in Iraq:

War foes' 'cheap talk' may bring new vote

This article outlines a great strategy. If the cut and run Democrats continue to spout their French, white flag rhetoric, then let them vote for it. Or let them be shown as the cowardly hypocrites they are by not voting for a pullout:
The Republican who initiated last week's overwhelming House vote to keep U.S. troops in Iraq said he will do it again if Democrats don't cease their calls for withdrawal.
"If they start this again, we'll call the vote again," said Rep. J.D. Hayworth, Arizona Republican, whom members credited with suggesting holding a vote. "As far as I'm concerned, if they haven't learned from this, if they go back to this cheap talk, I would be more than happy to call for another vote."
Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, said Thursday that the U.S. should start withdrawing from Iraq, but the House voted 403-3 the next day to reject immediate withdrawal. Republicans say the vote both bolstered the troops' mission and recaptured the political momentum on the issue.
Yesterday, several top Democrats came out opposed to Mr. Murtha's call, with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York saying it would be "a big mistake" and Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware saying he is "not there yet."
There is nothing worse than a big talker who refuses to vote his or her conscience. Hardly the stuff of leadership.
Posted by Lance Frizzell at 02:02 AM


Big lie exposed

Michael Barone in the Washington Times:
It is said a big lie can work if it is repeated often enough. For weeks, leading Democrats have been hammering away at the Big Lie that George W. Bush lied about weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in Saddam Hussein's Iraq.
...Mr. Bush, Mr. Cheney and the administration have the truth on their side. Exhaustive and authoritative examinations of the prewar intelligence by the bipartisan report of the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2004, by the Silberman-Robb Commission in 2005 and by the British commission headed by Lord Butler have established U.S. intelligence agencies and the intelligence organizations of leading countries like Britain, France and Germany, believed Saddam Hussein's regime had or was developing WMD -- chemical and biological weapons, which the regime had used before, and nuclear weapons, which it was working on in the 1980s.
To the charges that Mr. Bush "cherry-picked" intelligence, the commission co-chaired by former Democratic Sen. Charles Robb found intelligence available to Mr. Bush but not to Congress was even more alarming than what Congress had.
The Silberman-Robb panel also concluded, after a detailed investigation, that in no case did administration authorities pressure intelligence officials to alter their findings.
Posted by Lance Frizzell at 02:01 AM