Senate Democrats: Put up or Shut up

Earlier this week, the non-binding resolution that looked to vote a lack of confidence in the President and his plan to further support the troops was halted by Senate Republicans (and Joe Lieberman). All this resolution was going to be was an officially voted in "disagreement" with the presidents plan. It did not prevent the surge in any way and means nothing in the realm of policy making.

However, just having a measure like this proposed hurts the support and moral for those in combat (see the post below). Simply put, this was to be an official "we don't like what your doing." Speaks volumes to our troops, huh?

Another thing that baffles me here: The General who said he needed the troop surge, David Petraeus (Above Photo), was recently voted in unanimously by the Senate. Am I missing something? Or is it just bad politics? Please let me know...

Heres my beef: If those who voted for this resolution (all Democrats minus Joe) really don't like the war or President Bush's new plan, then why not introduce legislation that would cease funding, prevent the surge and force a cut back? Don't wuss out with a resolution that sounds tough but means absolutely nothing when it comes to policy. All you are doing is hurting the support here at home and overseas by putting into question the very essence of being a defender of freedom in this nation.

Now, I'll tell you why no such legislation will hit the floor of Congress...the Dems are all talk and do not possess the fortitude to deny or pull any support from the war effort. I see this as a good thing because it means that the newly elected Democrats aren't complete nuts: They recognize the importance of the War on Terror and it's essential support.

This does, however, mean they are liars. They win local elections boasting anti-war positions and basically trash talking everything that they could find in the current administration. Now the first big move from the President comes and all the Dems do to combat it is a non-binding "we don't like you." By the way, they are all up in arms about how "evil" the Republicans are for disagreeing with this resolution that does nothing.

All this does is give publicity to how unsupportive our elected representatives are when it comes to our soldiers in combat. In the end, this entire mess adds up to a more divided nation, making a tough battle even tougher. "United we stand, Divided we Fall."