AP via NY Times: "Cheney: Congress Undermining U.S. Troops," Monday, March 12, 2007.
The gauntlet has officially been thrown. And the DC Dems have yet to show any indication that they are capable of not falling for this Bush/Cheney/Rove trap of doing anything (like invading Iran, maybe?) to "support the troops."
"When members of Congress pursue an anti-war strategy that's been called 'slow bleeding,' they are not supporting the troops, they are undermining them," Cheney said in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Cheney spoke at the start of a week in which the House plans to begin work on legislation providing nearly $100 billion for the rest of this year's costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush's full request for funds.
"Anyone can say they support the troops and we should take them at their word, but the proof will come when it's time to provide the money," Cheney said.