Daily Commentary – Tuesday March 27th, 2007 – Iraq Must Take Control Of Own Security

Dana discusses how he feels:

• Iraq Must Take Control Of Own Security

Daily Commentary – Wednesday March 21st, 2007 – Good Iraq News Gets Told

Dana figures it is time

• for you to hear some good news out of Iraq

30,000 Eagles Gather To Counter Protest Anti-War Demonstration

If you are expecting the media to cover the counter protest by the Gathering of Eagles in Washington DC yesterday fairly, or at all, you are sadly mistaken. However, go take a look at Michelle Malkins site where she has an amazing wrap up on how 30,000 great Americans have come together to celebrate our country and support our soldiers.

Cheney Calls Out Congress On Supporting The Troops

Love him or hate him, Dick Cheney is a straight shooter when it comes to dealing with Congress. Today he explicitly called out the Congress to support the troops and do not punish them with a slow bleed as the Democrats have announced their strategy to be.

“When members of Congress pursue an anti-war strategy that’s been called ‘slow bleeding,’ they are not supporting the troops, they are undermining them,” Cheney said in a speech to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Cheney spoke at the start of a week in which the House plans to begin work on legislation providing nearly $100 billion for the rest of this year’s costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, President Bush’s full request for funds.
“Anyone can say they support the troops and we should take them at their word, but the proof will come when it’s time to provide the money,” Cheney said.
House Democratic leaders want to add provisions to the measure requiring the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops by the end of August 2008 and possibly by the end of 2007. Some anti-war Democrats prefer limiting the funds so the administration would essentially be forced to remove U.S. forces, a strategy that party leaders have abandoned. via  Yahoo! News.

If the Democrats are against the war as they say have the conviction to stand up and declare they will not finance the war passed a certain date. Instead these slimey politicians want to play the game of we support the troops while hamstringing them at every turn. If it out of Iraq you want, say so but do not be this two faced animal who is only trying to make political points without making a stand.

Either fund the war or not, but if you are going to fund the war be honest and fund it properly.

Joe Lieberman, Vote to Defund War Could Cause His Change of Parties

Do Democrats really want to push the idea of defunding the war? If so it appears as if they risk losing control in the Senate as Independent CT Senator Joseph Lieberman could change parties. When Democrats use the line that the anti-war sentiment was the reason why Democrats assumed power in the House & Senate during the midterm 2006 elections, one only needs to look to Joe Lieberman’s senate victory over Liberal, anti-war Democratic Ned Lamont to dispel that notion.

Lieberman, a self-styled independent who caucuses with the Democrats, has been among the strongest supporters of the war and President Bush’s plan to send an additional 21,500 combat troops into Iraq to help quell the violence there.

“I have no desire to change parties,” Lieberman said in a telephone interview. “If that ever happens, it is because I feel the majority of Democrats have gone in a direction that I don’t feel comfortable with.” (The Politico)

Time Magazine article

Lieberman says leaving the Democratic Party is a “very remote possibility.” But even that slight ambiguity – and all his cross-aisle flirtation – has proved more than enough to position Lieberman as the Senate’s one-man tipping point. If he were to jump ship, the ensuing shift of power to Republicans would scramble the politics of the war in Iraq, undercut the Democrats’ national agenda and potentially weaken their hopes for the White House in 2008

• Ace of Spades; Joe Lieberman: “Remote Possibility” I’ll Jump To The GOP
• Hot Air; Lieberman to go Republican? Update: Maybe – if Dems defund the war
• The Carpetbagger Report; Lieberman mentions the ‘remote possibility’ of switching parties