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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I think there are both Democrats and Republicans who are willing to take positions out of political expediency rather than principle, and I believe that this has been true since 1856 or so.
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1856? How about since the beginning.
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop I also believe that Howard Dean believes what he said about Iraq, and that those of you who support Bush's current policies could make a better effort to engage with the realities that have driven people like Dean and Murtha to take a different view.
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Those of us who support Bush don't have to do anything, and really can't do anything. I have no problem with Senators issuing written press releases saying how they disagree with Bush policy. But calling a press conference, or making televised speeches, where they say the war is insane, immoral and we can't win - that is irresponsible. If they want the Bush administration to hear their views, why don't they tell that to them in private? Why does it have to be public. If they are doing it to make sure people know they disagree, they can just put it on the record. But why all the publicity stunts? What do they accomplish?
As I said making public shockwaves about the fact that the war is a failure accomplishes nothing. It does not affect how Bush conducts his policy and in no way going to change how things are done. It is fine if they put themselves "on the record" as disagreeing or stating how they think things should be done, but the rest of it serves no purpose except to demoralize the troops and encourage the enemy.
