Senate votes to cut-and-run from Iraq

If the Democratic members of the US Senate, sans Joe Lieberman but with RINO Chuck Hagel along for the ride, want to know where the USS Missouri is so they can formally surrender to the terrorists, the battleship is docked at Pearl Harbor, in Barack Obama's native Hawaii.

Obama can call ahead and arrange accommodations for Harry Reid, Pat Leahy, and all of his cut-and-run pals.

From Reuters:

By a vote of 50-48, the Senate defeated an amendment that would have stricken the withdrawal language from a $121.6 billion bill that mostly would fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. A final vote on the bill is expected later this week.

Here's what Reid had to say about our troops efforts in Iraq.

This war is not worth the spilling of another drop of American blood.

Of course, the terrorists, if they win in Iraq, will one day come to America.

The casualties among our troops are difficult to bear, but waiting until things get worse (Europe, 1938) is not the right strategy for our nation.

Meanwhile, Sen. John McCain, a Republican who has been quite critical of the Bush administration's military tactics had this to say about the recent shift in our day-to-day operations in Iraq:

(The troop surge) is working far better than even the most optimistic supporter had predicted. Progress is tangible in many key areas despite the fact that only 40 percent of the planned forces are in Iraq.

And...

I have been critical of the conduct of this war since 2003, and very much regret that only now, four years into the conflict, are we beginning to implement the kind of strategy that was necessary from the start.

Obama, Reid, Leahy, Kerry, Hagel, and all the others: Let the troops finish the job.

Thanks for the links:
Flopping Aces.
Rogers Park Bench

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