-By Warner Todd Huston
This is the most disgraceful episode from the Defeat-o-crats in the Senate since little Dickey Durbin called our troops Nazis. This time, instead of goose-stepping, stormtroopers, our troops have been relegated to mere failures by another Democrat Senator.
This time it is Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat from New York, who said on the floor of the Senate that our troops are failures and that the terrorists are losing in Iraq despite us, not because of us.
Here are his exact words…
The violence in Anbar has gone down despite the surge, not because of the surge. The inability of American soldiers to protect these tribes from al Qaeda, said to these tribes: “We have to fight al Qaeda ourselves.”
This is not just factually incorrect, it is an outright LIE. This partisan creep KNOWS better than to present such a statement as one of fact. This conniving, self-aggrandizing, power-monger knows full well that the surge is turning areas in Iraq once riven with violence and divided loyalties into U.S./Iraqi strongholds and that the enemies to peace and democracy are so desperately on the run that it has often been found that they have left their weapons and bomb making facilities behind as they run for dear life with successful U.S. troops hot on their tail.
However, he’s cynically betting on three things working in his favor, 1). that those of us who support our fighting men and women will be too timid to say anything, 2). his level headed supporters will be willing to look the other way for his lies and excess, and 3). his extremist, anti-U.S. supporters will root him on with yelps of ecstasy.
Imagine, in a time of war we have a sitting Senator standing on the floor of the Senate telling our troops he isn’t going to support them and that they are dismal failures!?
This man is the lowest form of life. He has angered me beyond belief with this garbage. And speaking as the father of a soldier recovering from an injury incurred while serving in Iraq, it just makes me furious. That this man is willing to throw our troops overboard just so he can make a cheap political strike against president Bush is more than disgusting… it is nearly treasonous.
He’s a partisan hack that will say ANYTHING to win.
But, in that he isn’t much different than most high ranking Democrat Party officials.
To be a Democrat is to hate the troops and our country. How can anyone argue differently after 4 years of proof?
Let’s not let him get away with this, America.
Here is his website contact page. Fill it out and give him your opinion.
Here is his other contact info:
Senator Chuck Schumer
313 Hart Senate Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6542
Fax: 202-228-3027
TDD: 202-224-0420
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Warner Todd Huston’s thoughtful commentary, sometimes irreverent often historically based, is featured on many websites such as newsbusters.org, townhall.com, men’snewsdaily.com and americandaily.com among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a guest on several radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events. He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book “Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture” which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of publiusforum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions : EMAIL Warner Todd Huston