Originally posted at
OpEdNews.com
Democrats in congress must get tough and block further funding of the war-- must call those who talk about abandoning troops the incompetent losers they are, must win the spin and framing wars so the media begin citing the message that holding the course IS the way of failure, that Victory is something long lost and not possible, that Bush's policies lost the war a long time ago.
The voters told the Republicans to go to hell in November. The voters told congress that this Iraq war is, to use military terminology, a total clusterfuck.
The voters told the Republicans that they were very, VERY pissed... at the Republicans.
The reason they are so pissed is the total failure by the Republican leadership to for getting us into a war we had no business starting.
The reason the voters voted the Republicans out is they were disgusted with the historically incompetent and corrupt planning and management of the war.
Yet the Republicans keep blowing hot air, claiming that they seek "victory" in Iraq. They blow hot air, accusing the Democrats of trying to cut and run, to admit to defeat.
These has-beens have no legs to stand on, no credibility. Their failure in understanding the war on terrorism, stupidity and dishonesty in lying us into a war in Iraq that is a disaster, their failure to plan their stupid war and its follow-up all add up to concrete proof that they have been shown to be total, complete, irrefutable, irredeemable LOSERS!
When the mainstream media give these losers a voice, the mainstream media are playing partisan politics.
Take a look at this perfect video example of being on message on this issue by Glen Beck. Beck says that the blood of American soldiers will be on the hands of the members of congress who vote to de-fund the war. He says that you can't support the war without support it all the way to victory.
Okay. Let's talk about victory first. We gave the "brilliant" military "geniuses" and their "visionary" civilian commanders longer than the time it took to win world war II. They were proven to have lied about initial reasons to go to war, lied about motivations to go, failed to adequately plan for how to carry out the takeover. The civilian mastermind commanders failed to protect the troops. They failed to take care of injured troops. They have no plan to win. They don't listen to military leaders. They fire or force resignations from the ones who see the reality on the ground and don't agree with them.
Any supporters of Bush and his war are supporting a team with a track record of massive, continuous chronic failure, incompetence and deception. It's hard to imagine why anyone would continue to want our troops to be exposed to such massive, deadly, malignant incompetence and failure.
It could be loyalty to the Republican party and right wing "values."
Who has a reason for this illogical loyalty?
There are the wealthy tax avoiders who consider Democrats to be tax and spend liberals, echoing the right wing meme.
There are the evangelical megachurch members-- the people who listen to James Dobson, Jerry Falwell, John Hagee and other parasites who pretend to be ministers.
There are the white men-- the Stupid White Men that Michael Moore described in his book of the same name-- southern rednecks, National Rifle Association loyalists who take the war and George Bush personally. I've always felt that these guys have used DUbya's swagger and the whole "kick the Iraqi's asses" mentality as a vicarious viagra-- a way to feel more masculine. Rooting for the troops is like rooting for a favorite football team.
The sad thing is, these people, these losers and loser supporters-- the bulk of those who make up the remaining 30% who support Bush-- don't give a rat's ass about the troops. They care about blocking the Democratic position. They care about supporting the Republican, right wing position, because it is tied to their own personal issues. The most pathetic are the stupid white men and NRA supporters. They think they are patriotic. They think they are doing what is best for the troops. They are as "brilliant" as the military sycophants who have survived Bush's purges of reality oriented generals.
Glen Beck is a great example of what the Democrats avoiding de-funding the war are afraid of.
But it is really easy to debunk his hysterical, dishonest, incredibly twisted claims. Matter of fact, by debunking them, and stating the truth, one can create a statement that is equally passionate-- which indicts the right wingers who continue to support this war.
Any congressman who gives George Bush more money to fund keeping the troops in Iraq is personally responsiblie for the deaths of every soldier, the lost the limbs, lost eyes, the maiming of every soldier sent back to Walter Reed. Every member of congress who votes to fund Bush's war is throwing good money after bad, creating tens of thousands more soldiers coming home with the painful, family destroying post traumatic stress disorder. Any member of congress who supports Bush's war is pandering to the extremist fundamentalists, and extremist right wingers.
It's time for the Democrats to get tough and hit back hard. They have the facts and the truth to stand upon. The opposition has spin. Truth should win over spin. But it will take courage, leadership and determination to make it so. The Democratic presidential candidates should be the ones who lead this battle. Those who fail to have the courage and leadership abilities deserve to lose. Those who embrace this opportunity to do the right thing, in the face of ugly Republican spin will reap the success they deserve.