Why Don’t The Democrats Support Victory In Iraq?
Tonight the President spoke these words in his state of the union address:
If American forces step back before Baghdad is secure, the Iraqi government would be overrun by extremists on all sides. We could expect an epic battle between Shia extremists backed by Iran, and Sunni extremists aided by al Qaeda and supporters of the old regime. A contagion of violence could spill out across the country—and in time, the entire region could be drawn into the conflict.
For America, this is a nightmare scenario. For the enemy, this is the objective. Chaos is the greatest ally—their greatest ally in this struggle. And out of chaos in Iraq would emerge an emboldened enemy with new safe havens, new recruits, new resources, and an even greater determination to harm America. To allow this to happen would be to ignore the lessons of September the 11th and invite tragedy. Ladies and gentlemen, nothing is more important at this moment in our history than for America to succeed in the Middle East, to succeed in Iraq and to spare the American people from this danger. (Applause.)
After he spoke them the Republicans listening to the speech cheered. And a couple of Democrats did too, but most of the Dems stayed in their seats and didn’t applaud. Clearly there was something about these words with which they did not agree.
So, I’d like some Democrat to explain to me what it is, exactly, they don’t agree with. Because those words seem pretty straight forward to me.
Maybe it’s because they don’t like the man who uttered them? Maybe, though they cheered at other things he said tonight. So what is it they don’t like?
It’d be nice if some enterprising reporter asked them about that, but I’m not about to hold my breath waiting for that to happen.
