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HOUSE RESOLUTION: Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
Whereas the United States and its allies are engaged in a Global War on Terror, a long and demanding struggle against an adversary that is driven by hatred of American values and that is committed to imposing, by the use of terror, its repressive ideology throughout the world;
Whereas it is essential to the security of the American people and to world security that the United States, together with its allies, take the battle to the terrorists and to those who provide them assistance;
Whereas ….
Whereas the United States and its Coalition partners will continue to support Iraq as part of the Global War on Terror: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
(1) honors all those Americans who have taken an active part in the Global War on Terror;
(2) honors the sacrifices of the United States Armed Forces and of partners in the Coalition, and of the Iraqis and Afghans who fight alongside them, especially those who have fallen or been wounded in the struggle, and honors as well the sacrifices of their families and of others who risk their lives to help defend freedom;
(3) declares that it is not in the national security interest of the United States to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq;
(4) declares that the United States is committed to the completion of the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq;
(5) congratulates Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the Iraqi people on the courage they have shown;
(6) calls upon the nations of the world to promote global peace and security by standing with the United States and other Coalition partners; and
(7) declares that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the noble struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
Hugh Hewitt asks us to copy the resolution text and the vote specifics to an e-mail and send to everyone you know. When the vast majority of House Democrats vote against victory in the war, the American people should know.
In the House vote, 214 Republicans and 42 Democrats voted for victory. Sadly, 149 Democrats (including Jane Harman, Nancy Pelosi and John Murtha) and 3 Republican morons (Duncan, Leach and Paul) voted for defeat.
posted by Bill Lama at
9:15 PM
8 Comments:
Wow, I guess if you plaigarize, you just change the subject. I saved the page with my comment and will be reposting. Your readers need to understand that your integrity is in question.
Wow,
Debra also said: "If they predict dire consequences, they win praise from true believers and grants for their important research."
Hmmm, grants for their research. Some one else who is not easily fooled by supposedly "unbiased" scientists.
How many grants for the research program called "All is well?"
FAR.
Yeah, it's amazing that a lefty newspaper allows right wing quacks to spew misinformation. I guess it's called freedom of speech. :)
Children, children... too much antagonism is not good for us.
My dear FAR,
I appreciate your interest and your comments. However,I am able to defend myself, and prefer that you avoid a binary tete-a-tete with anony. Please, just one or two comments per post.
Anony,
You caught me plagiarizing Debra Saunders in the last sentence of my post "Be Very Scared." Congratulations! I usually try to reference my material and there I did not. (BTW, I frequently use italics rather than quote marks.) I deleted your comment because it was a RANT. And your conclusion that none of my thoughts could be trusted because I copied a line from a newspaper without attribution is nonsense. If you don't like my style go somewhere else for your information.
JJ,
I addressed your comments on my post "You Say Warming, I Say Cooling" in the "Be Very Scared" post. What makes you think to copy your comments from the first post onto the second? And then you're offended that I delete the copy, and you re-copy once more to this post, that is unrelated to the other two. Are you so attached to your own thoughts that they must appear several times on my blog? Or do you think that I must address each of your points to satisfy your ego? Sorry, more important fish to fry.
So kids, lets keep it civil and stop the rants and have some intelligent dialogue.
Bill
Congratulations Bill. Owning up to your mistakes is hard to do. But referring to your readers as children somehow implies that your the adult in the room. It's sad when children have to tell the adults to stop cheating. BTW, you did not reference that sentence in your post because you changed it. I believe you intentionally wanted to present the writing as your own, so spare us the excuses.
Thanks
Reading the Resolution After Four Years of War
"The House endorsed the continued deployment of U. S. troops in Iraq but by a smaller, more partisan margin than the vote that first authorized the war almost four years ago." -- Wall Street Journal, June 17, 2006
Will the American people see through this squalid and demeaning Resolution ruse? Will the Democratic Party step up and confront this shallow political tactic with reason and courage? Let's hope so. 2,500 Americans have died in Iraq--this Republican cover-up resolution tells us that for this administration there is no end in sight to the death and waste that is this insane war.
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HOUSE RESOLUTION: Declaring that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
***How about fighting smart? Picking the battles and shoring up the regimes that will give the “Global War on Terror” the full bang for our buck and will make precious lives lost in this worthy pursuit fully meaningful in terms of their sacrifice.
Whereas the United States and its allies are engaged in a Global War on Terror, a long and demanding struggle against an adversary that is driven by hatred of American values and that is committed to imposing, by the use of terror, its repressive ideology throughout the world;
***We all get it, we all know it, there are bad gus out there. So there is nothing to argue with here--accept to note the inadequacy and misleading nature of the term "War" in this context. We should also be much more realistic in regard to talking in the present about "allies" and "Coalition partners." Ask Republican supporters to tell you who our "allies" are in Iraq and after Great Britain their expressions of secure righteousness go slack, their minds blank.
Whereas it is essential to the security of the American people and to world security that the United States, together with its allies, take the battle to the terrorists and to those who provide them assistance;
***Again, it's not a question of goals, it's a question of the choice of strategy and tactics. The current administration has failed miserably on both scores.
Whereas ….
Whereas the United States and its Coalition partners will continue to support Iraq as part of the Global War on Terror: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives—
***“. . . continue to support Iraq as part of the Global War on Terror” Slipping this in only serves to move this resolution from a statement of Resolve into a self-serving area of domestic politics. Iraq is the sadly failed part of the fight against terrorism. It is a drain and a distraction from concentrating on security at home and blunting the machine of terror abroad where we can be effective. It says: We [the Republican administration] have failed, join us in this failure or . . .
(1) honors all those Americans who have taken an active part in the Global War on Terror;
(2) honors the sacrifices of the United States Armed Forces and of partners in the Coalition, and of the Iraqis and Afghans who fight alongside them, especially those who have fallen or been wounded in the struggle, and honors as well the sacrifices of their families and of others who risk their lives to help defend freedom;
***if you're running for office in opposition to our failed interventionist Iraq war, you will be branded by Karl Rove and his puppets as indifferent to the sacrifices of our fighting men and women.
(3) declares that it is not in the national security interest of the United States to set an arbitrary date for the withdrawal or redeployment of United States Armed Forces from Iraq;
***This line supports a blank check that will be paid at some unspecified date in precious live and American tax dollars.
(4) declares that the United States is committed to the completion of the mission to create a sovereign, free, secure, and united Iraq;
***Here we have support for a mission whose objective has changed several times in the past (WMDs, Saddam, democratization, oil) and has now become an "Elect Republicans Or You Are Against Dreamy Hopes Based On Wishful Thinking" campaign slogan.
(5) congratulates Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the Iraqi people on the courage they have shown;
*** And of course our congratulations are in order. This looks better on the campaign trail than the apologies for the nightmare our leaders have created in Iraq through their flawed and failed war policies.
(6) calls upon the nations of the world to promote global peace and security by standing with the United States and other Coalition partners; and
***Talk about plagiarism, isn’t this what we hear every year from the Miss America contestants?
(7) declares that the United States will prevail in the Global War on Terror, the noble struggle to protect freedom from the terrorist adversary.
***And who can possibly be against “prevailing” and “nobility” and “protecting”? Unfortunately the achievement of these good things by our nation requires competent leaders, leaders with vision equal to the complexities of the serious task at hand. Our current leaders in Congress and in the White House do not give us the promise of a vision implemented with competency. They give us a hollow resolution playing to emotion and intended to achieve nothing more than create an effective sound bite in the upcoming election.
Anon,
I have no motive to deceive you... I couldn't care less about you. In fact, why don't you stop visiting my blog. We'd both be happier.
Gary,
Thanks for the RANT. I'll address one point. You said: "How about fighting smart? Picking the battles and shoring up the regimes that will give the “Global War on Terror” the full bang for our buck and will make precious lives lost in this worthy pursuit fully meaningful in terms of their sacrifice."
We picked exactly the right battle in Iraq. An American ally and a powerful Muslim country not hostile to Israel will be a tremendous force for good in the Middle East.
I know you won't be persuaded. But thanks to US power and resolve and Tony Blair's bravery, we will prevail.
You can take it to the bank!
Bill,
Like I always say: Better reasoned RANT than knee jerk CANT.
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