[Grovenet] This is funny!

[Katie Allnutt]

Thanks Walt.
Here is another funny story from Politico:
If Congress can declare war it seems that some folks want congress  
(not the military) to declare victory as well.  I guess now that  
military actions/wars are more political than ever it all makes sense  
for politician to define victory at the time that they feel it gives  
them the most advantage regardless of the facts on the ground. In my  
opininon, though the Republicans should have passed this resolution  
while Bush was still president if they really wanted him to get  
credit for it.
Katie

Mission Accomplished II?


A group of 31 House Republicans have introduced a resolution  
"declaring victory in Iraq," which is bound to evoke images of  
"Mission Accomplished" and George W. Bush in a flight suit.

The intention of the resolution isn't actually celebratory. It's  
intended to set a political trap by declaring, six weeks into Obama's  
presidency, that all responsibility for the six-year conflict, which  
was initiated by President Bush on flawed evidence and incompetently  
pursued for much of his presidency, is now Obama's to lose.

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), the prime sponsor, writes:

By virtually every measure, thanks to his adoption of the surge  
strategy, President Bush left office having secured victory in Iraq.  
This victory, however, may be squandered if President Obama withdraws  
American forces too hastily. In an effort to avoid this, this  
resolution outlines the path that we have followed to victory and  
calls upon President Obama to maintain this hard-won victory. This  
resolution is intended to send an important message to President  
Obama – that history will judge him harshly should he choose to  
snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

As soon as President Obama took the oath of office, he assumed  
responsibility for Iraq.

The notion that we have already achieved a "victory" in the conflict  
is disputed by most experts on the conflict, including Iraq  
Ambassador Ryan Crocker who recently told author Thomas Ricks, "The  
events for which the Iraq War will be remembered probably have not  
yet happened ..."

The co-sponsors: Franks, Pence, Burgess, Joe Wilson, Kline, McCotter,  
Cole, Gohmert, Mike Rogers (AL), Carter, Hensarling, Jeff Miller, Sam  
Johnson, Shadegg, Pitts, Schmidt, Gingrey, Brady, Westmoreland,  
Bachmann, Akin, Conaway, Fallin, Hunter, Burton, Radonovich, Lucas,  
Wittman, Linder, McCaul.


On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:40 AM, Walt Wentz wrote:

> Funny to everybody except Rushies, anyhow:
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