Posted by
Jordan on Sunday, September 10, 2006 4:17:30 PM
Jordan Richardson
If you stop and listen to what democrats are saying about the condition of our troops, and the possibility of defeating the terrorists, you will only hear gloomy opinion. John Murtha, in a Capitol news conference that left him in tears, "Our troops have become the primary target of the insurgency... Islamic insurgents "are united against U.S. forces, and we have become a catalyst for violence... it's time to bring them home."
There seems to be such a attitude of defeat in the democratic party. They never dwell on the success in Iraq, only the negative.
Consider this:
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose bloody campaign of beheadings and suicide bombings made him the most-wanted terrorist in Iraq, was killed when U.S. warplanes dropped 500-pound bombs on his isolated safe house, on June 7, 2006. His death was a long-sought victory in the war in Iraq.
President Bush hailed the killing as "a severe blow to al-Qaida and it is a significant victory in the war on terror."
What was the democrats' response to this achievement?
Pete Stark, D (CA) - "This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers. Iraq is still a mess -- get out."
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, said Zarqawi was a small part of "a growing anti-American insurgency" and that it's time to get out.
Juxtapose their statements with what the terrorists are saying:
Al-Qaida in Iraq vowed to continue its "holy war," according to a statement posted on a Web site.
"We want to give you the joyous news of the martyrdom of the mujahed sheik Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
"The death of our leaders is life for us. It will only increase our persistence in continuing holy war so that the word of God will be supreme."
The democrats are also complaining about how many deaths the US has suffered in Iraq: Statement by Senator Feinstein
on Iraq Troop Withdrawal June 26, 2006
More than 2,500 lives men and women in our Armed Forces have been killed in Iraq and more than 18,000 have been wounded. And, according to a new report in Sunday’s Los Angeles Times, evidence now suggests at least 50,000 Iraqis have been killed since 2003.
We have now been in Iraq for 3 years and 3 months. The time has come for a phased redeployment to finally begin. In my view, an open-ended commitment is no longer sustainable in Iraq.
I think it is time to bring up the analogy of: Well, you should see the other guy."
As of July 9,
U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 2537
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 6
Total 2543
Now to "look at the other guy".
Washington Times
July 26, 2005
U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or arrested more than 50,000 Iraqi insurgents in the past seven months.
And that was a year ago. How many have we killed since then?
Have we heard the terrorists calling for a pullout of the troops in Iraq? Or have we heard the terrorists complaining that they are losing the war? Of course not.
-- Jan. 6 - Zawahri says in a video that U.S. President George W. Bush's plans to withdraw troops from Iraq means Washington has been defeated by the Muslims
- June 30 - Bin Laden praises Zarqawi as a "lion of jihad," and vows al Qaeda will continue to fight U.S. forces and their allies "everywhere," according to an Internet audiotape.
-- July 1 - Bin Laden warns Iraq's Shi'ite majority of retaliation for attacks on Sunni Arabs and says his group will fight the United States anywhere in the world.
Yet with 2543 dead, Democrats are convinced that we are in a "quagmire" and that the terrorists are winning.
Whose side are they on?
Jordan Richardson is the founder of Conservative Mind.
www.conservativemind.org