The left: There Aren't Enough Troops, but Don't Send Any

Just Asking…wasn't one of the original “beefs” of the left was that there were not enough troops in the Iraqi theater? So why now, the big push to keep more troops from being sent to Iraq? Why criticize someone for not doing something, and then criticize them again for doing what you originally criticized them for not doing? That is the very semblance of a “partisan attack,” and apparently, the rest of us are not supposed to remember what the leftist Democrats were saying as recently as last November. This is a prime example of why Bush should not listen to the left – they are critics, and only critics. They have no real answers. Bush says “blue,” they say “red.” Bush says “on” they say “off.” No matter what the issue is or which side is the correct side. They are just trying to get ahead by pulling backwards those who are leading the way. Politics, pure and simple.

“Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said Tuesday that House Democratic leaders are drafting their own non-binding resolution on Iraq that signifies opposition to troop escalation.

The resolution is being written by Reps. Ike Skelton, D-Mo., chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and Tom Lantos, D-Calif., chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Amendments will not be permitted on the resolution, to be debated over three days and wrapped up before the President's Day recess on Feb. 19, Hoyer said.

The House resolution will be based on a Senate model that was pushed back Monday when Republicans deprived Democrats the opportunity to rebuke the White House for President Bush's strategy to add 21,500 troops in Iraq to help end sectarian violence. House Democrats were going to wait for the Senate to act first on a resolution, and decided to go forward after Monday's Senate gridlock.

The vote on a motion to proceed was 49 to 47, well short of the 60 votes necessary to stop discussion and move toward debate of a non-binding resolution sponsored by Sens. John Warner, R- Va., and Carl Levin, D-Mich. Republicans opposed cutting off debate because they wanted votes not only on the Warner-Levin resolution but also on a separate resolution by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., supporting the Iraq troop surge and another one by Sen. Judd Gregg, R-N.H., rejecting any future effort to cut off funds for ongoing military operations in Iraq.”