Posted by
Saint Michael on Friday, August 17, 2007 4:37:44 PM
"I'm going to try to see if we can't shift the attention of the American people from the report on the military situation to a report on the political situation since everybody acknowledges that it's the failure of the political arena and the political areas that are the cause of the ongoing violence in Iraq," said Levin, who is taking his eighth trip to Iraq since the war began.
For months now, the media and the Democrats have been saying that the Military cannot win this war. It must be done politically. The assumption being that the two items are mutually exclusive. The two items are interwoven very tightly and Sen. Levin’s statement overlooks the basic premise that the political situation is directly tied to the security situation in Iraq.
We are now seeing military success on the ground, which when tied to political improvements with the Iraqi government means that progress is being made.
At what point, does the Democrat controlled US Congress stop playing political games with our troops and give them the support they need to finish the job. The troops have now begun to show success and real progress despite the best efforts of the politicians and the politicians reaction is to “shift the attention” away from that success. The troops have done and continue to do their job and Congress needs to take responsibility and support the war they voted for!!!!