If you don't agree with this man, you gotta think things over!
Now I know it is a hard stance to take but I really believe it to be true.
The House passed a non-binding resolution to which showed disapproval of a surge of troops to Iraq. This resolution, put forward by the despicable Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, both Democrats, and Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and potential presidential candidate, is only the beginning of what the Democrats and some idiot Republicans of their policy to "slow bleed" the military. They say they are for the troops and now they are saying they will pull funding. They whined about the troops not having enough armor and now once the military is supposed to get new armored transportation, they want to cut the funding for such a thing. They say that the troops want to leave. They say it is horrible in Iraq. Well, the troops really want to get their job done and there has been much progress in Iraq. They say one thing when they believe the other and they explain one thing when it needs to be explained otherwise.
If Obama and Clinton are really for the troops then their actions speak differently. It is hard to know Obama's stance because he has hardly a record in the Senate at all and it is hard to know Clinton's stance because she rivals John Kerry in the flip-flop department. The Democrats aren't for the troops. They are for politics and poll numbers. They want to undeclare war when they have to constitutional right to do so. The Democrats are entitled to any opinion they want. They may believe that the troop surge won't work, that the war is unjustified and to pull out immediately, and they can put forward legislation to do so. However, they aren't doing that. Instead, they pass their non-binding resolution without giving any alternatives to the situation. Instead, they try to undermine the authority of the President, their hated George Bush.
The Democrats have decided not to pursue the issue fairly or with any respect. They want to "slow bleed" our effort. They ask Bush to change policy, he does, they reject it outright, and now they wish to cripple the effort. They wish to take back every victory we've made and expose every defeat. They don't want anymore schools built. They don't want safe marketplaces. They don't want the mission, where over 3,000 brave men and women have died in, to succeed. There is no way they care about the troops. Every single action they make proves they don't. They would rather make Bush have a harder time waging the war. They would rather have the blame stay on him for any mistake, any setback in Iraq. There is no responsibility, no honor, and no respect in what they wish to do to the military. This war isn't Vietnam but the Democrats and their weak Republican followers are slowly making it look the same. Military success but political failure. That is what Vietnam was, and that is what those who are in favor of the non-binding resolution and the "slow bleed" policy are making this war. Given the time and the money our troops will complete their job. They will come home to their families and be proud of their work but the Democrats want them to come home now, their job incomplete, and Iraq left to ultimately decide its own fate.
US Congressman Sam Johnson who serves in the 3rd District of Texas was a Vietnam War veteran. He was given time on the House floor to give his opinion on the non-binding resolution, which was later cowardly passed. I urge everyone to watch this video of his speech. And, I will say this again. If you don't agree with this man, you're un-American. If you against the opinions of this man then you don't support our troops. If you don't support the men and women in uniform when they are doing a difficult job in a country, trying to save lives, and kill terrorists who wish to kill us then you disgrace your country. You disgrace fathers, mothers, brothers, sons, daughters, and families. You disgrace the belief in freedom. If you disagree with Mr. Johnson, then you disapprove of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Without our boys and girls over there the Iraqis would have no chance of that. The mission in Iraq didn't just include Saddam and WMD's. It also included helping Iraq be better, be free.
Watch the video here
Thus concludes my rant.I might not have expressed my views as well as hoped in my heated little essay, so, take it easy fellas.
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Re: If you don't agree with this man, you're un-American
Originally Posted by Søren
Feel better now. I think you might know I am a Texan, and what my views are on the war in Iraq. You might also remember I was the closest TWC member to predicting the final electoral college count of the last election. 
