Democrats hold a defeatathon in the Congress.

Well my friends, it is the same old thing, same shit, different day. Harry Reed and the surrender party are on Capital Hill once again, yapping about how we've lost the war. Well, when are we going to lose? Where is the proof? Because there is still fighting going on? That hardly qualifies for defeat.

The Democrats are nothing but a puppets on strings, with the ultra left lunatics as the puppet master. The left wing blogs scream about hair brained conspiracy theories one after another, as fast as they can make them up they irresponsibly throw them on the internet for the gullible among us to lap up like a bunch of helpless puppies.

We have Democrats in the House and Senate, that do nothing but attack Bush, attack Bush, attack Bush. Does it take a brain surgeon to figure out what is going on? Look, the Democrats see losing in Iraq as their ticket to the White House and a Congressional majority and there you have it. That's what this is all about to them, it is all the matters to them. To hell with the troops, to hell with Iraqis, to hell with terrorism and to hell with national security, as long as they win. But what happens then? If they win I mean? Have any of them put forth a strategy? I tell you Rockheads, if the Democrats win in 08, we are one step closer to the demise of Western Civilization.

Look at some other issues as well and you can easily see what the Democrats are up to. The "Fairness Doctrine" what in the hell is that supposed to do? It is supposed to dilute talk show content by mandating the same amount of time to air the "other side" of an issue. Well, if they do that to talk radio, don't they have to apply the same stupid regulation to TV? Magazines and news papers? Don't they have to apply this "doctrine" to every form of public media? But, my friends they aren't thinking about that, they are trying to prevent conservative Americans from connecting with each other through talk radio, because it will give them an advantage and take away an effective form of media for conservatism. Typical liberal bullshit, if you can't win the debate, shut the other side up, shut them down, freeze them out of the discussion. That is the only way liberalism can gain a foothold. I tell you, Democrats today are nothing but socialists. They will raise our taxes and expand government social welfare programs, the modern day equivalent to slavery, make the populace dependent upon their largess and they have to vote for you for their very survival. I urge you to read up on "The Dictator" Chavez, and the laws he has put in place to control the media. The Responsibility in Media law, limits Venezuelan television and other media in how frequently, and how severely they criticize the government and my friends, that is exactly the same philosophy of the "Fairness Doctrine." To hell with freedom of speech. When I look at the internet, at liberal websites, I see some of the most irresponsible speech, the most reprehensible, hateful graphics, such as our the President of our Nation dressed in a Nazi uniform, made into the likeness of a chimp and so on, and the Democrats want to lecture me about responsible use of media? Give me a break.

My friends, you won't find the liberal media reporting this, but today the stock market opened at 14,000! Why is that significant? Well, if you were to believe the Democrats and the liberal media, you would think that we have soup lines in every city and town in America, because they want you to believe our economy is worse than it was under President Carter. The truth is, the economy is alive and well, it is robust, it is growing, and there is nothing that can stop it except electing Democrats. In our nation's entire history, the stock market has never hit 14,000 points. Unemployment is at a historic low, real estate is red hot, tax revenue is up and the list goes on. Don't you think that is worth a mention? I do, but you won't hear it from Democrats or the media, and you know damn good and well why. Because it would shine a positive light on the Bush tax cuts, and his economic policies. But all you will hear from them is nit picking about how this segment of America or that is living in poverty, in other words, splitting hairs and literally looking for any bad news they can find. Imagine if the "Fairness Doctrine" was applied to them today. Whoah Nelly! Oh, but I forgot, the "Fairness Doctrine" will only apply to talk radio.

The Democrats and the spineless left, would have you believe that the war in Iraq is all but lost. They claim the midterms were a mandate to end the war. Well, why don't they end it? They could do it in one day by defunding the war. The truth is, our hypocritical Democrats don't want the war to end, they want it to go on because they need it to beat the anti war drum daily. They don't have the courage to defund the war, because they know they don't have the support of the American people! I swear, I don't know how stupid Democrats think American are, but they don't seem to have any problems with lying to us and I'm sick and tired of it! I'm sick of watching elected representatives get up in front of a microphone and tell us the most incredible lies and thinking that they are making any kind of sense at all. It's just incredible.

We have a muslim in the congress now, did you know that? I saw a clip of him lecturing at a high school, and was he ever in stride. How irresponsible can one be? To stand in front of a class full of impressionable kids, and indoctrinate them with lies, with insane, crazy 9/11 theories? How irresponsible it is, to compare anyone in our government, Democrat or Republican to the Nazi party? What is this supposed to accomplish? It is supposed to make young people hate their own country, hate their own culture, hate their history, and to hate themselves. Now, this is not really anything new from the left, but I think it is significant because we have an American Congressman, and he IS a muslim remember, doing it. Did I mention the demise of Western Civilization? Sometimes I think that is exactly what our misguided brethren of the left really want. They want our nation to fall because they think it would give them an opportunity to rebuild our form of government from scratch. A socialist government.

Political correctness is slowly strangling the life's breath from our country. We have illegal immigrants literally flooding over our southern border by the thousands every day. We have people being sued, being fired, being tried in the court of public opinion and we have miscarriages of justice all because they said the politically incorrect thing. How flipping crazy are we going to allow this to get before we regain our senses? I remember a day when being discriminatory was a good thing, it meant you appreciated the finer things in life, that you valued quality, and demanded it. Now, it has a negative connotation, thanks to political correctness overload. I tell you, if it keeps going like this, we'll have political correctness police patrolling the streets writing out citations if they hear someone say something that "is not allowed." Our country is going under my friends, obviously our congress is paralyzed because all they care about is elections, instead of doing whats right for America and Americans. Our government seems to be worried about everything "except" America.

And so, the Democrats have been in charge for almost a year now. I think this presents the perfect opportunity to reflect upon the stupendous achievements of our Democratically controlled congress. Lets make a list shall we?

1. Passed a raise in the minimum wage.
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That's it my friends. The product so far of the blue tsunami. We've got the Democrats in congress today, wasting more time, arguing about the war. I wonder if the hookers in Washington D.C. will be putting in some overtime tonight, you think? Oh well, the Democrats don't claim to have any values anyway, so they are immune from practicing them right? And if they accidentally knock some hooker up, they can just run down to the drugstore and buy a pack of instant abortion pills and voila! No more baby. Yep, those Democrats, what a shining example for our children. What a joke.

Friends, the Democrats have sold their soul to the devil. Exchanged their opportunity for eternal life to reign on high during their very short time here on earth. And there is only one thing that can stop them from turning our nation into a socialist state. We must send a clear message in the upcoming elections, we must tell them that yes, although we are very angry with our government on the whole, we aren't willing to throw the baby out with the bath water.

My friends, I can say in all honesty that I've never been more concerned about our nation's future. Everything that is happening today was preventable. It is up to us to be responsible citizens, it is our sacred duty to vote and to vote inelligently, to vote for the person we think is the best candidate, not because we hate his opponent. We are at a crossroads, what will we do? Will we sell our collective soul to the devil in order to take the easy way out and leave our children and grandchildren with the mess when we are gone? I don't know about you, but I'm going to fight the socialist Democrats every step of the way. It is up to us to expose them for the liars that they are, to see through their scare tactics, and it is up to us to put them in their place. After all, they do work for us.

Our government is out of control!

Friends, I am compelled to write my thoughts on the state of our federal government. Where do I start? It is not working as our forefathers designed it, and it's time for a revolution. A revolution of the people, not a violent revolution, but a revolution at the ballot box. Our nation is in great peril in my estimation. Great danger indeed, and I'm not kidding. American voters of all stripes, it is time for us to agree on ONE thing. And that ONE thing is, we must throw out the career polititcians and get some fresh blood on Capital Hill. For the ultimate state of our government and our country rests on the shoulders of the people. Although the congress, and the senate in particular seems to think that they can do anything they want, they can't, they don't have that right and I think they are mad about it. I submit to you that there are too many senators, and some members of congress, who have been in Washington too long and they have lost their grasp on reality. The recent immigration reform debacle is just the latest issue to demonstrate that fact.

Luckily, the American public was absolutely outraged over the fact that Ted Kennedy and a select group of career senators had the audacity to put together a disasterous immigration reform package in the dead of the night, behind closed doors and try to ram it through the system with as little publicity as possible. We caught them, and we spoke in uncertain terms, loudly and clearly, by the millions that we not only opposed the contents of the bill, but that we were pissed off that the senate tried to pull a fast one on us. And they listened to us. They called us stupid, they said we didn't understand, they called us racist, called us mean, they said we won't do those jobs, etc, etc, etc. And still, amnesty went down in flames. This means that the members of congress do still fear the American voter, but they are becoming more and more brash. That means it is time to exert our power at the ballot box, it's time to remind these careerists who they work for, it is time to show them who is the boss.

The immigration reform proposal contained nothing of benefit to the American citizen and everything for illegal aliens. So, why would the senate possibly want to give these criminals a legal path to citizenship? And who thinks the government could possibly conduct a background investigation in 24 hours? Sounds like the senate reallyl does think we are naive.

Did we ask illegal aliens to come here? Who invited them? They knowingly violated our laws, they ignored our soveriegnty knowing the possible consequences. We don't owe them a damn thing!

And here we have the senate, doing verbal backflips to justify the immigration reform proposal. They said that this is the best we can do under the circumstances. What? They said that we cannot possibly find and deport every illegal alien. But who ever said we should? I say, that we should try and catch everyone of them we can and yes, deport them. This creates a deterrence effect. Which is the basis for our entire legal system. Does the IRS stop trying to catch tax evaders because they can't possibly find every one of them? No. Have we given up on the war against drugs because we can't find every smuggler? No. Do you see my point? You create doubt in the mind of others who are considering breaking our laws.

I've got nothing against immigration. My wife is a legal immigrant, and by the way, she is a better American than most people I know born here. She doesn't take our freedoms for granted. She doesn't gripe, bitch and moan about little setbacks or hardships. She knows what it is like to live in a country less free than America. These are the ideal candidates for citizenship. And I'm not anti Mexico either. But we simply must take a principled stand against a government that encourages it's citizens to immigrate to our country illegally.

It is obvious to any thinking person that there is something very fishy going on up on the hill. Some think that our government is trying to merge the US, Canada and Mexico into a union akin to the European model. And further, that they are trying to accomplish it through using the inherent powers of the beuracracy of the executive branch of government. They are trying to do it secretly. This is not a representative republic my friends, this is something else. Our government can't do such a thing without our permission and they know we won't approve, so they are trying to accomplish it in the shadows.

I encourage all Americans, liberals, conservatives and indies to look into this. I think that when you do, you will come to the inescapable conclusion that our federal government is not acting responsibly. They have forgotten who they work for, or worse, they don't care and think that they know what is better for the country than we do.

An unfortunate side effect from serving on Capital Hill is that it is a world unto itself, and it isn't long before our elected officials forget what it is like out here. That is why we need to rotate a fresh crop of junior congressmen and senators through the congress on a regular basis.

It is now obvious that our government isn't looking out for our interests, but theirs, and big business. I say it's time to throw the bums out.

RANT ON!

I received an email allegedly written by a housewife living in New Jersey. I cannot vouch for whether or not it was indeed written by a woman living in New Jersey, but I can certainly relate to the rant.

It is a great rant, that cuts to the quick of the matter regarding the war on terrorism. My friends, what in the hell is going on in our country?! I can't figure it out. Never have the consequences been more clear, not since we faced down Nazi Germany has our cause been more clearly cut. And I'll argue that the evil we are facing today is worse then Nazi Germany. Because, these dirty terrorist muslim bastards are not only out to wipe out Jews, they would like to wipe out all of Christianity, do you doubt that? Do you doubt that if Osama bin Laden could flip a light switch that would instantly kill every Christian on the face of the earth that he would think twice about it? He would not, he would flip that switch and he would celebrate afterward.

What is so demoralizing about the war on terror is that the Democrats have so blatantly politicized it, have spent the last four years flapping their gaping maws about George Bush, that the terrorists are almost lost in the cacaphoney.

The political opponents of the Bush Administration have expended far more energy trying to make our president look like an idiot than they have in helping to formulate a strategy that will protect America. If we are hit with another major terrorist attack, I pray to God that it is the congress that bears the brunt of it, it seems that is the only thing that will wake our worthless congress up to the danger, if they suffer, perhaps it will seem real to them. While they allow Rome to burn our courageous military continues to sacrafice, our military families continue to pay the cost; alone. Our troops are now conducting operations with ever dwindeling funds, while the fat cats in congress continue to make political hay out of the war and while some of the biggest malcontent, worthless pieces of shit socialist progressives hold their anti military protests holding signs like "Fuck The Troops" or "If we must kill, let it be capitalism" or how about this one? "I support the insurgency", wouldn't you like to wade into those idiots? I would. Congress doesn't seem to understand we are at war, half of America doesn't seem to understand it either. Something has to wake them up.

And now we have perhaps the most irresponsible legislation being proposed on Capital Hill regarding immigration reform. Congress doesn't know it's ass from a hole in the ground and can't tell a Mexican from an American. The only people who can change this situation is the American voter. Let us hope they can rise above the cacaphoney and realize what is at stake and mostly; that they will begin tossing these multiple term good for nothing members of congress out on their asses beginning in 2008.

You'd better wake up America. You'd better wake the hell up.

I digress, here is the rant I was talking about. This email is currently making it's way through military circles.

Please feel free to pass it around to all of your friends.

Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we?
Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001?
Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?
Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?
And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?...Well, I don't. I don't care at all.
I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.
I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat.
I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.
I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.
I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.
When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I don't care !
When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don't care......
When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: I don't care.
And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn, and -you guessed it: I don't care !!!!!
If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior!
If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country! And may I add: "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world.
But, the Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan.
I have another quote that I would like to add AND.......I hope you forward all this.
"If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Also by.. Ronald Reagan.
One last thought for the day: In case we find ourselves starting to believe all the anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember England's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview.
When asked by one of his Parliament members why he believes so much in America, he said: "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out."

Is there anything that George Bush isn't responsible for? Not according to frothing at the mouth Democratic bomb throwers.

My dear reader. Greensburg Kansas is in ruins, blasted to smithereens by a F5+ tornado. The entire town was essentially destroyed. The good citizens of Greensburg Kansas stoically begin picking up the pieces of their lives, cleaning their streets, pulling together to being the long, painful process of rebuilding and burying their dead.

Two and a half days after the tornado mercilessly ripped through town, the Kansas Governor, Kathleen Sebelius shows up; it took her long enough. And what did she do with her opportunity to explain to the nation on national TV what her constituents in Greensburg are facing and perhaps who their fellow Americans might help, she seized that opportunity to blame George Bush for the alleged lack of National Guard equipment available for the clean up effort. That's right, she seized the opportunity to tow the far left wing Democrat party line. Blame Bush for everything and link it to the war in Iraq. No matter how stupid you sound, no matter if it's true or not. Senators Pat Roberts and Sam Brownback both made it to Greensburg before the leader of the state did, even though Pat Roberts had to travel from Capital Hill, and Sam Brownback was on the campaign trail, they made it there before she did. I guess it was tough for her to find anything out of Topeka over a weekend.

Chris Stigall, a local radio talk show host on 710 AM KCMO, has been rightly hammering Sebelius for her shameless behavior. And he got somewhat a scoop on the story. You see, Kathleen Sebelius was ordered (say anonymous sources) by none other than the biggest mouth in the Democratic party, Howard Dean NOT to request any assistance from FEMA. Later someone named "Dick" and I assume that to be Dick Durbin, told her that they should link the tragedy to the Iraq War.

I think Kathleen Sebelius should go back to Topeka and crawl back under the rock that she appeared from to lie to America about the state of the Kansas National Guard and stay there. Just stay out of Greensburg, period. All she seems to be capable of is politicizing the tragedy. But then again, that is a prerequisite of Democratic party membership these days.

Go to this link at Chris Stigall's talk radio show website and look at the proof that Kathleen Sebelius is a damn liar and Democratic tool. Judge for yourself.

Are you going to line George Tenant's pockets?

George Tenant has no shame. Here we have the man who was responsible for an agency that provided intelligence to President's Clinton and now Bush, running around on TV shooting off his big yapper about how he has absolved himself of any blame for the pre Iraq War intelligence debacle!

Because this man has a connection to the Democratic party, through his service in the Clinton Administration, he is being handed a free pass. And now, he has the unmitigated gall to write a tell all book? Just imagine for a second, that Donald Rumsfeld wrote such a book. Do you think he would be given the same free pass the media is giving Tenant? Not on your life!

Where will all of the profits from Tenant's books sales go? Straight into his pockets. Do you think that perhaps the thought ever entered his mind to donate the profits to the Soldiers who were sent to Iraq based on his faulty intelligence? Probably not.

There are no morals to be found on Capital Hill today. George Tenant is barely better than Benedict Arnold, just barely. Everything is the fault of George Bush. Tenant doesn't even have the guts to stand up like a man and accept the consequences for the intelligence his agency produced. His "slam dunk" comment didn't mean what everyone thought? Oh, my goodness, hey Mr. Tenant, how stupid do you think I am? How stupid do you think Americans are?

And now, the final stab in the back. Tenant runs around from one television show to another jumping on the "Everything is George Bush's Fault" Bandwagon.

I have a suggestion for George Turncoat Tenant. Get on an airplane, fly to Iraq and apologize to each and every Soldier who is over there. Then come back and apologize to the family of every dead American Soldier, Sailor, Airman, Marine and Coast Guardsman. Seems like a funny time to write a tell all book to me. Now that it is okay to voice certain criticisms about the war, George Tenant speaks out. Yeah, now that it's safe. Now that the heat on him has died down.

I haven't forgotten your dismal performance George Tenant. I haven't forgotten, and I think you are one despicable human being.

You were for the war in the beginning and that is exactly what you mean with your "slam dunk" comment. Where is your courage of conviction Mr. Tenant? You were for the war then but you criticize it now. Lame! Just plain lame Mr. Tenant. I hope you choke on all of that money you are preparing to get standing on the back of the troops.

Democrats; Demonizing the Military

Yesterday, General David Patreaus was on Capital Hill to brief government officials and members of congress about the current situation in Iraq. But if you were watching the main stream media you might not have even learned that he was in Washington D.C. Why was such a significant news event unreported? I submit to you that many members of the media and house democrats didn't want you to know, I submit to you that the main stream media and the democrats in congress are embarked on a disinformation campaign designed to demonize the military. They seem to be following the Vietnam template to set conditions that may well see the day when our returning Iraq Veterans return to a United States that does not appreciate their efforts, worse, that they step off the plane only to be spat upon by the self righteous anti war surrender monkeys.

As the military dutifully executes it's duty in Iraq, trudging forward, quelling violence block by block, attempting to create the conditions of stability that will permit diplomats the opportunity to find a political solution, there is an insidious effort, ongoing. A subtle propaganda campaign by democrats and members of the media, and our troops are their target. Democrats are fond of telling America that even General Patreaus himself states that the military cannot resolve the situation. This is true, but the democrats fail to add that the military is a vital component of the whole equation. Meanwhile, the media elite and democrats continue to slap our military in the face and undermine the faith most Americans feel toward the military and members of the military. Naively believing that they will eventually be given a fair shake in the media our military bravely meets the enemy, sacrificing life and limb for an increasingly ambivalent nation and an unsupportive congress.

Slowly but surely, the leadership of the surrender monkey party (Democrats), bang on the anti war bongo drum, subtly undermining the military. Anti military bomb throwers in the media and house democrats describe unfortunate breaches of high moral standards maintained by military members, not as the aberrations they are, but as the norm. They paint insignificant setbacks as shocking defeats. Statements made by insignificant Iraqi tribal members as representative of the Iraqi population. What passes for journalism when it comes to reporting on the war is simply irresponsible, inaccurate one sided propaganda.

The inane rantings of Cindy Sheehan, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Mahr, John Murtha and Nancy Pelosi just to name a few begin to gain traction through sheer repetitiveness. And gradually, those who have always hated the military feel emboldened and crawl out from under the rocks they live under. And slowly, the nation gets accustomed to seeing their hateful and disgusting antics; they get used to seeing their repugnant message.

General Patreaus briefed members of congress yesterday but guess who was not in attendance? None other than the Shrieker of the House Pelosi, and the alpha surrender monkey John Murtha. How can this be seen as anything other than a clear and public rebuff of the General? He travels all this way and is publicly, symbolically slapped in the face by Murtha and Pelosi? Are you telling me that neither of them could make the appropriate adjustment to their schedules so as to allow them to attend this very important briefing? My friends, Pelosi and Murtha aren't interested in hearing good news about our efforts in Iraq. Their minds are made up; we lost. Which is exactly the perception they are trying to create.

Over the last few days the media have stumbled all over Jessica Lynch and the Tillman family appearing before members of the congress, you can almost picture various TV news anchors drooling over the prospect of what would be said in those meetings. But where was the coverage of General Patreaus' visit to Capital Hill? Well, his visit doesn't meet the prerequisites of the media's agenda which is to present news in a carefully crafted way to undermine men like General Patreaus and the men and women he leads.

The Democratically controlled Congress of the United States approved an emergency war funding bill yesterday that contains congressionally mandated time lines for troop withdrawal despite many promises by the president to veto it. The democrats seem to be hell bent on buying part ownership of the war in Iraq, resulting in them sharing the blame line with the president. Not a terribly astute move politically. But nobody has accused the Democrats of ever being politically astute. In the unlikely event that President Bush signs the bill, Democrats will be partly responsible for the consequences of the war and directly responsible for what happens if we leave prematurely, which is a subject that Democrats avoid considering like the black plague. For now, the Democrats will be satisfied if they can destroy the good reputation of our military.

What is the most frustrating thing about recent events is that the Democratic strategy is patently obvious, but the media steadfastly refuses to report it. The Democrat agenda is to stop victory in Iraq at any cost. To demonize the military. Deny President Bush any chance to claim even a modicum of success in Iraq and this is all for one prime objective. To land a Democrat in the Oval Office in January of 2009.

It amazes me that the Democrats are being taken seriously. Have any Democrats discussed what happens after we withdraw? Surely America understands the kind of total chaos that will rule the streets of Baghdad, of the high probability of very serious regional warfare? Of the likelihood that terrorists, freed from the task of meeting our troops in Iraq, will follow the troops home and begin operations inside our own borders? Does America understand that? I sometimes wonder.

Democrats are guilty of skewing the facts of Iraq. Omission of pertinent facts in describing events. Twisting other people's words, the embellishment of negative incidents as well as out and out lying to America. This is all because they must have defeat, after all, they are heavily invested in our defeat. The Democrats have painted themselves into a corner through their history of publicly saying irresponsible and stupid things about the subject. Ignoring our successes and playing up our missteps or setbacks, it is blatantly obvious which way they want the tide to turn in Iraq. They are on the side of the terrorists, they are allied with the enemy. Let there be NO doubt about that, it isn't even debatable.

I want to be understood. I don't think that the Army is perfect. Obviously, the Pentagon has mishandled some issues and given the Army a black eye, that kind of thing happens, even accidentally. The Pat Tillman issue is just sad all the way around. I do not defend the conduct of the Pentagon with regard to the Pat Tillman issue, but try and remember this. Could it be that the Army made it's decision based on compassion for the Tillman family? I don't blame the Tillman family for being bitterly angry with the Army. But lets keep it in perspective , the troops in Iraq, and Afghanistan by in large adhere to the high moral and ethical standards that have always been the basic tenants of Soldierly conduct.

In closing I ask you to ponder this. Will the Democrats be happy when they ultimately destroy the image of the military? The last remaining federal organization to enjoy the respect of the American people? Who will they attack after that? Look at the evidence, they have gone after the tobacco industry, automobile manufacturers, fast food, energy, Wal-Mart, the wealthy, anywhere they can extract money for their precious social welfare state, because control of that welfare state is the ultimate power and modern day slavery. They would blackmail their own grandparents if they thought they could get away with it. If the American public's complacency remains, the Democrats might be able to usher in a new era in government. For all of the disinformation that we all know is contained in the Democratic message, it is folly to trust them. And we do so at our own collective peril. The warning signs are ominous and the stakes could not be higher.

If the Democrats are willing to sully the reputation of the United States Military, they are willing to stop at nothing in their naked pursuit of perpetual power.

Rockheads, I've neglected my blog that nobody reads. But I have been very busy with life and the pursuit of wealth, etc.

I don't even know what topic to comment on, there have been so many since my last entry.

How about the Shrieker of The House? Running around the middle east complicating foreign policy for the executive branch. Isn't it great that she decided this was alegitimate role for the legislative branch? Since when? Did I miss the amendment to the constitution? What unmitigated gall! The pure audacity, the arrogance, the selfishness, the megalomania! Of course, there are leftist, nutjob, kooks out there who will claim that congressional fact finding committees travel overseas all the time and that Pelosi's trip is common enough. But oh, if only that were so. If only she would stay!

How is it that the Prime Minister of Israel; according to Pelosi, gave her a letter stating that Israel was ready to have peace negotiations with Syria? Well how about that? Hey Peloski! Haven't you fucking heard? Israel doesn't negotiate with terrorists let alone bend over and kiss their feet. Well what do you know? Turns out that the Prime Minister's office claims they gave that wacky wench no such letter. Ha ha ha! Pelosi, isn't fooling me, I don't know about you but I'm tired of the Democrats treating me like a damn fool. Look, I'm not stupid and I know damn good and well why she made this trip and it reverts back to President Bush, doesn't it always with these nitwits?

I have yet to be disproved, that the liberal nut jobs across America are still stuck in the year 2000. They are still squinting their eyes trying to imagine up votes for Gore that weren't counted! Stuck in the past, that's the Democratic Party for you! So, why is it, that Dancing Nancy decided to take this little middle east junket? Was it so she could try out her brand new carbon discharging giant airplane? No, I know what she is talking about with these dictators and terrorists. She is saying that if a Democrat gets elected to the Oval Office, things are going to change, that we'll get out of the way and let them do whatever they want to do in their part of the world. Whatever they want to do is okay with her, even torturing it's citizens, killing women and children. And, my friends, have the Democrats ever been right when it comes to foreign policy? Think about it for a few minutes, just give it a second or two of honest thought; what did you come up with? Yeah, me too. Nothing.

I can picture the leaders of these terrorist states and our muslim enemy, laughing their little brown asses off at Pelosi, thinking that she could possibly come to the middle east, and think that she would have the same credibility and influence as a man. Do you think? I'll tell you this, those guys are playing her skinny ass like a fiddle! Pelsoi is giving these terrorist assholes the credibility they have sought for decades. Thanks a lot Pelsoi, you fucking DOLT!

Iran releases the captured British Sailors and Marines and call it a "gift" to the British people. What a load of crap!

I don't have time to comment at length, but keep your eyes open, keep your ear to the ground Rockheads. Be on the alert. The Democrats are stealth socialists and communists, pure and simple. If you think Bush is a fascist like the ultra hating liberal ass hats in this country? You just let our country fall under the free spending ways of Hillary Clinton from the Oval Office and Nancy Pelosi as Shrieker of the House. My fellow Rockheads, if we allow that to happen, the Republic is doomed.

And I mean that....

College students are more selfish than ever before.

I remember when I was a young father and serving in the US Army hearing the psychobabble emanating from progressive circles that American parents should do all in their power to create an attitude of "I am special" in their children. I remember news reports of teachers marking up poorly written papers turned in by students because the old red pen was too harsh. I remember hearing of sporting events where every team and every participant went home with trophy in hand because it was important not to make any of the children feel like they had lost; to send them all home feeling like a winner no matter their performance. Daycare centers were told to use care and make sure that no children felt inferior to others or that any of them felt superior. These are but a couple of examples; but there are many more, of the philosophy in liberal progressive circles that it was important that all of our children feel a sameness. Superior performances were not to be rewarded for the sake of the kids who could not, or would not put in the same time and effort. And I remember at the time, this psychobabble was just a load of crap. Now the chickens are coming home to roost.

In an extensive study by five prominent psychologists it has been found that college students today are more selfish, self centered and narcissistic than their predecessors. And it is reason to be concerned, these psychologists claim. These students will tend to lack a sense of empathy, react aggressively to criticism and favor self-promotion over helping others.

Nice going liberals.

Today, General William S. Wallace, Commanding General of the US Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) announced that the results of a TRADOC survey among American youth contained some interesting responses. I make the connection of these the college study and TRADOC survey myself, General Wallace did not.

The TRADOC survey found that:

Propensity to enlist in the Army is at the lowest it has been in over two decades.
Patriotism has steadily decreased since 2002.

College is overwhelmingly the preferred post-high school choice, for both prospects and influencers. Educational opportunity is the major incentive.

Breaking through media "clutter" continues to be challenging.

The Army is perceived as "ordinary" vs. other services.

The Global War on Terrorism continues to have a polarizing effect on the youth market.

General Wallace continued; "We found out some pretty interesting statistics. Eighty percent of the youth today said the never watch the commercials on television. Ninety percent engage in text messaging in some form or another on a daily basis, 85 percent have access to an Internet connection that they access routinely." This explains why I see so many 250 lbs 13 year old kids these days.

If you haven't figured out why the college study and the TRADOC survey are important to our country and our Army, I'll tell you why. College students in my opinion, continue to be influenced and indoctrinated into the lunatic liberal, anti military camp and enlisting in the Army to these young people is looked upon with disfavor, even disdain. I think that young people tend to think they are above serving their country in the Army.

And yet, according to TRADOC; Only 27 percent of young Americans age 17 to 24 actually qualify to be in the Army. The other 73 percent are disqualified either morally, intellectually or physically. On a personal note, I can back up those numbers. Based on my experience as an Army Recruiter from 1995-98 in Denver, Colorado. It was a continual source of amazement to me, to watch potential recruits fail the military entrance examination. It isn't that hard, at least I thought it wasn't that hard. How could anyone who paid any attention in high school fail the entrance exam?

Our nation has more than one problem in this regard. Only 27 percent of 17-24 year old American youth are eligible to serve in the Army. The majority of this 27 percent do not consider the Army a valid career choice. High School and College campi across the nation seem to be doing their level best to bar military recruiters from school property. Our students continue to be indoctrinated into the lunatic left fringe rather than being trained to think for themselves. We are in a struggle for our very survival, engaged in what will be a decades long fight against global terror. So, who will man the front lines? Who will protect the homeland? Who will vanquish our enemy? Democrats have even broached the subject of reviving the draft. The progressives, liberals, socialist and communist faculty and staff across the land beware; continue to indoctrinate our young students, continue to preach an anti military attitude, continue to resist allowing recruiters to visit prospects on school property and stand by for the draft to be revived, and you have yourselves to thank for it.

Europe has for all intents and purposes lost it's culture and we are treading the same path. I tend to think that this is exactly what the far left wants. It is, it has always been incumbant upon those of us who have worn the uniform to be ambassadors for the military. Although many on the left can't stand this, it is a fact that we are looked upon more or less with respect and honor by most Americans even if they won't say it. People listen to what we say and we have great influence, our words have an impact, our mentorship is valued. We should mentor young Americans who in our estimation could be successful in the military to visit a recruiter and learn the facts. It is incumbant upon us to help dispell this inane beleif that all recruiters are crooks. It is incumbant upon us to do what we can. Most of us would put the uniform back on and man the front lines if we could, but most of us can't. So, lets do what we can to be a voice of realism, and reality when it comes to serving in the military today.

A Gathering Of Eagles

My friends, you have no doubt heard the news that anti war protesters plan to meet on March 17th in Washington D.C. to demonstrate against the war. I suppose those of us who support our troops have grown accustomed to hearing the harping, sniping, hate filled drivel hurled by the likes of William Arkin, Cindy Sheehan, George Soros, Jane Fonda, Al Franken, Bill Mahr and an assortment of other loud mouthed liberal do gooders. Since the revelation of their plans to meet on hallowed ground, the Vietnam Memorial, a grass roots counter demonstration has evolved and has continued to attract patriotic Americans from every state. They are going to protect that memorial and to show America that the anti war rabble rousers aren't the only ones who can turn out the membership in force.

I have no problem with misguided anti Americans exercising their free speech, but when they think they can use the symbol of the generation of my older brothers; Vietnam Veterans, who bled and died for that wall. When elements of the closet socialist/communist movement in America plan to politicize the war, to cheapen the sacrifices of our nations patriots I've got a problem with it, to be sure.

I urge anyone who is so inclined, contact A Gathering Of Eagles at the link provided at the top of this post and go to Washington D.C. I don't know about you, but I'm getting sick and tired of these defeatists who want us to retreat from Iraq in defeat.

Who are these people? What motivates them to actively seek failure? With red faces and spittle flying from the corners of their mouths, they grandstand in front of military hospitals treating our war wounded, and yet they want us to think that they really care about our troops? Two years of outrageous lies, conspiracy theories, unfounded accusations, desperate tactics from people with no grounding in reality. It looks like the folks who will participate in A Gathering Of Eagles has had quite enough of it and the anti war cabal will no longer have the stage to themselves.

I refuse to post a link to any of the crackpot websites that protest the war. You can google them and read to your hearts delight, but I will not give them space on this blog. Just know that these anti war organizations have allied themselves with our enemy, some have even sent money to them.

There are indeed, two Americas my friends, which one do you belong to? The Democratic party has sold it's soul to a thousand different one issue special interest groups and can no longer hold them together, they are tearing apart at the seams. The Democrats are now ruled by the ultra liberal left, these are not your run of the mill lefties. These are people who lament over the near miss our vice president experienced in Afghanistan. These are the people who call our president an outright fascist. These are the people who deep down, want to see American torn asunder and for a socialist form of government to rise from the ashes. The people who want to steal your hard earned income and give it to the "poor", raise your taxes, people who think the government should be central to our lives, a people who want our government to replace God as judge of man.

Stand up patriots! Stand up and be counted because we are in grave danger. These lunatics are the minority and I don't care what poll numbers anyone tries to shove in my face. These people live in denial, they have no concept of the danger we live in today. Iraq is the issue that keeps their faces smashed against the glass of reality, that forces them to see the world as it is. Full of enemies, danger, mayhem, chaos and suffering. They don't like what they see. But there is a big difference between us and them. We know that we have to meet these dangers head on and that sometimes we have to fight, we must not shrink from them; for they will not go away, we have to make them go away by whatever means necessary.

My fellow Americans, our nation is in danger, from the socialist, communist, the dirty terrorist mufisden who live in our midst as well as enemies from the outside. A Gathering of Eagles will demonstrate how much and how many people who live in this great country are willing to stand up to aggression and tyranny wherever it may exist. Even if it is within the halls of our own congress.

Hillary Clinton is a radical.

This is all that you really need to know about Mrs. William Jefferson Clinton. She is a died in the wool liberal, and that's a putting it mildly. At heart, Hillary Clinton is a socialist and probably believes communism would work in America. Of course this is my personal opinion, but I know it is an opinion shared by millions of my fellow Americans.

I have made it a point not to comment heavily on the topic of politics but I have very strong feelings when it comes to the Clinton's. Perhaps it is due to my career in the Army, but ethics and moral standards are important to me. I feel they are vital attributes in our president, for all our elected representatives in fact. This is why I have a favorable impression of President Bush. Regardless of whether I agree with him on an issue or not, I don't have to guess where he stands. The nation cannot rely on that kind of courage from Hillary Clinton. Isn't it obvious having observed her for the past two decades, that she has no problem with flip flopping? How many times do we have to witness her saying one thing to a group of people, to have her later say the opposite to another group in another forum? How can America possibly entrust it's future to her? What would she do? What would she try and do?

Well, we know this much:

She doesn't like the military. She insisted that military personnel not visit the White House in uniform, rather that they wear civilian clothing. Her husband wrote a paper in which he admitted loathing the military.

She has a terrible memory at the most convenient times, for her, especially if the truth would reflect badly upon her, read; Whitewater.

Hillary Clinton wants to appear to be an independent woman capable of standing on her own. But she needs her husband if she is to stand a chance at the Oval Office, and she knows it. This is why she stands behind her adulterating husband while he insults women.

Why did Hillary Clinton ask her Alma mater, Wellesly College to put her undergraduate thesis under lock and key? Because in that thesis, she embraces the model presented by a far left radical Saul Alinksky. A man who outlined the necessity of reforming our capitalistic society through a direct takeover of power.

I think, no, I know that Hillary Clinton is a socialist. Why does she hide it?

Because if that particular gene were let out of the bottle, she wouldn't stand a snowball's chance in hell of ever getting elected president.

As first lady she told the country she was the "co-president" she actually headed the health care reform effort, an effort the failed miserably. Who in the hell did she think she was? She wasn't elected and she had NO right to insert herself to any position of authority.

Hillary Clinton is not the altruistic woman she would have us think. Her political career is based on lies and deceit. While claiming she had no intention of ever running for president and claiming that she only wanted to be a senator from New York; that she would give her undivided attention to the people of New York, every move she made since then as been with an eye on the White House. She saw the senatorship as punching her ticket, a way to pad her resume for a White House bid.

And so, Hillary Clinton has, and does continue to present an untrue image of herself that she thinks she can sell on the American electorate. You must always keep in mind, Hillary Clinton lusts for power, she will say or do anything to achieve it. She has sold her soul in pursuit of it. And I have to wonder, what would she do if she were the president? I don't think she even knows, to people like her, the thrill is in the campaign, the goal is the victory, what comes after is secondary.

I know that she would increase your taxes and she would confiscate corporate profits, she would gut the military and she would put America's future in the hands of the United Nations.

Hillary Clinton's strategy is obvious. She must appear to be a liberal because liberals vote in large numbers in the Democratic primary. But she must also convince America she is a conservative, because she can't win the general election without major conservative votes.

I actually shudder at the thought of our future with Hillary Clinton at the helm of our nation.

I do not know who I will vote for in the 2008 presidential election. But I have made a decision already. And that is I will not vote for Hillary, and I will actively work against her candidacy. Not that I dislike her personally. But because I don't trust her, and I don't respect her. The President of the United States at the very least must be trustworthy, and respectable. Even if we disagree with his policies, that is something we can work around. However, if you are constantly trying to figure out what your president really believes? Well, that's a recipe for the fall of America.

It is difficult for me to comprehend that Hillary Clinton is taken seriously as a presidential candidate, and I think it has much to do with the fact that she is the wife of Bill Clinton more than anything else.

I have heard liberals say anyone but George Bush, while I disagree with them I can relate to how they feel. Because in my mind, its anyone but Hillary Clinton.

I don't know about you, but I think our future is too important for a reactionary, socialist radical like Hillary Clinton to be entrusted with the office of the presidency.

I hope you will join me in pointing out her lies, hypocrisy and deceit whenever the opportunity presents itself.

My fellow Rockheads, consider if you will. Operation Fadr al-Qanoon (which the media calls the “Baghdad security plan”) is underway. Progress is measurable, remember though, that this is a marathon, it’s still a bit early to know how it will turn out, but there is reason to hope.
The message for all of us, especially professionals like me who do this for a living, is patience, family members who have loved ones in Iraq can also counsel patience to their friends and acquaintances, we need to steady the nerves of our fellow Americans. The war has been going for almost four years, the current strategy just few weeks. We need to give it more time.
It will take time to bring security to the people of Baghdad and the Al Anbar Province. To do this , we need to build trust with the people, engage community leaders, develop intelligence and trusted networks, then compete with the insurgents and death squads to deny them access to their targets – their fellow Iraqis, whom they cynically exploit and kill. All these things we are doing, but the process cannot be rushed, and requires detailed local understanding: so we move at the pace the Iraqis can sustain.
Patience, determination, courage and stamina are vital. Political reconciliation at the grass roots level is what is going make this work, with security as a buffer. Needless to say, we are not leaving this to luck: some commentators have focused on the troop surge, but the main effort isn't the surge, the anti war crowd as usual focuses on the narrow, missing the big picture almost entirely. The main effort is a political effort, by Iraqis with our support, to reconcile at the local level. The surge is simply to create an environment for this political effort to take place. This is going to be a lot like heavy peace enforcement or police work, not so much like classical counterinsurgency, let alone conventional combat. And with just one additional brigade in Baghdad and four more on the way, look at the result; we are getting somewhere now on a political level. And there is an oil revenue sharing agreement; we've cleared a high hurdle.
Our task is to stay alert, focused, and with a keen eye, read the situation, ready to modify our approach as this develop.
I think these are the major trends:
Muqtada al-Sadr has run off to Iran, leaving some of his thugs scratching their heads and wondering if they have been Persian stooges all along.
Iraq on the whole has been relatively quiet, as it has been for much of the past year, nearly two. At least half the incidents in Iraq still happen within Baghdad city limits; control Baghdad, and you have the upper hand, the insurgents and terrorists knew this inherently having lived in the country all or most of their lives, it just took us a while to catch up.
Al Qa’ida in Iraq has successfully been marginalized, with alliances of local Sunni leaders, and some other jihadist groups, opposing its brutality and murder, its terrorist campaign of viciously murdering fellow muslims in the streets. They are contesting its self-styled, self proclaimed leadership.
Increased targeting of helicopters has led to increased shoot downs (out of hundreds of flights every day) a Baghdad helicopter ride is still safer than a cab ride in New York City..
Security in key neighborhoods of Baghdad shows positive signs of improvement, as Americans and Iraqis partner at the grass roots to clamp down on violence and insurgent influence. Terrorists have are now using car bombs against innocent bystanders in markets and public places a sign that they know where the danger lies (loss of influence with the population) and are trying to kill the “surge” using the most mass casualty producing terrorist weaponry available, in other words, they are truly desperate now to influence not only Iraqis, but the American public, you need to keep that in mind.
Some sectarian and insurgent groups have seemingly appeared out of nowhere to attack outposts, local communities working with the government, and security forces; more desperate measures.
This last trend is the most professionally intriguing. In counterinsurgency operations killing the enemy is not difficult, finding them is difficult. But finding them, and distinguishing them from the innocent population, can be terribly difficult. In shifting our tactics away from directly hunting down insurgents, and to protecting the people, we have undercut insurgent influence and they know it, their options are to flee, wait us out, or come into the open to fight, to contest control of the neighborhoods, they will not do this for it means certain death. But the fact that some are coming into the open suggests they realize that waiting us out is not an option. It also makes the job of finding the enemy far easier. This is good, but we must not lose sight of the focus; protect the people.
On this score, again, it’s too early to say for sure but initial signs are really encouraging. One indication that is not very useful is car bombs, we can expect these to be one of the last insurgent tactics to diminish, for a couple of reasons. It takes an entire community, coupled with its local security forces to defeat a clandestine suicide bomber, and it will take a while to build effective networks to achieve this. Second, insurgent tactics are driven by the need to capture the attention of the nearest television camera, nothing does this better than a big bomb; remember that. The bad guys will hang on to this method as long as the news media reward it.
Overall, then, though early signs give us genuine reason to hope, prudence, patience and professional judgment must be our watchwords. There will be tough days as always; the problems remain daunting, complex and deeply ingrained in the social and political fabric of the Iraqi society. Violence will ebb and flow, come and go, and there will be “spikes”. But over time, if the strategy works (and I think it will), we should see a downward trend in violence and an increase in trust and reconciliation at the local level, in remaining ready, as we certainly are, as we always have been, as we have been doing, to refine our approach if needed.
We must not allow ourselves to confuse the country of Iraq, where there is a real war, a real people, and a real obligation to provide security for them, with constant harping of the "Vietnam template, quagmire Iraq" of popular liberal, anti war, anti American, Democratic, wild-eyed imagination. The professionals have a duty to be clear-headed and to accurately analyze and assess the situation in a professional fashion, adapting as the situation dictates. We have a duty to care for our people, their families, and the Iraqis, America must give this time, take it slow and carefully, we must not allow the Democrats, liberals, or any other anti war organization rush us either to judgment or failure. We have a real shot now, we can do this. We will do this.

Thank God for our troops, for the overall professionalism, courage and determination to get this job done despite the best efforts of congress to stop them from reaching their goals.
I think we've learned much over the past four years, about our Army, our troops, our president, the congress, and the Iraqi people.

American liberals, Congressional Democrats and anti war idiots across the fruited plain are doing their best to ignore something, they don't want you to notice either and are pulling out all the stops to divert your attention from it.

We are winning the struggle for Iraq.

I submit for your consideration. The main stream media, with it's predominantly anti war agenda has almost imperceptibly begun to broadcast positive news coming from Baghdad. And never forget, Baghdad is the key to Iraq. Baghdad and the Al Anbar Province is where the violence is concentrated, but Baghdad is generally recognized by the experts as the linchpin of Iraq. Control the situation in Baghdad and you control Iraq.

Mooky Al Sadr has fled Iraq and is now safely tucked away in Iran. Do you need any further proof that Iran has been supporting Mooky and his ilk all along?

Iraq has ordered her borders with Syria and Iran sealed.

Since our courageous troops began offensive operations in Baghdad, there have been no attacks on our troops.

The spectre of our troops going on the offensive and taking the fight right at the militias and death squads in Baghdad was enough to force them into hiding. Our troops are weeding them out and killing or capturing them at breakneck speed. And high ranking terrorists have been killed or captured as well.

Liberal bloggers both professional and amateur are going nuts! They have gone off the deep end. Our troops are now regularly being called mercenaries. In general, the liberal blogesphere has pulled out all the stops in a desperate smear campaign directed at our Commander in Chief and our Soldiers and Marines. It has been a very disgraceful display.

The Democratically controlled Congress, now full of yellow bellied anti war cowards have spent the last week debating a useless nonbinding vote to oppose a troop surge that has already begun?! Talk about desperation. I hold any representative who votes in favor of this measure in utter contempt! Words fail to describe how I feel about these traitors! Lets suffice to say that I think our troops will remember this in the next election; I know I will.

Consider if you will, the mass and power of the United States Army, and Marine Corps. If our ground forces are determined to out last the insurgents they can. It is a matter of numbers. While I don't think that ten Iraqi lives are worth one of our troops, I submit to you that our overall casualty rate in Iraq is mild in comparison to wars past. And considering what our troops have accomplished in Iraq, the casualty rate is astounding. Our troops, even with draconian rules of engagement and other rules that interfere with their ability to protect themselves have performed miraculously.

All classic insurgencies eventually transition from guerrilla tactics to conventional military tactics. Read your military history, there are a plethora of examples. Where is the insurgent Army? Where is it hiding? Fact is, they don't have an army and they can't take control of Iraq when or if we leave. One of the features of this war that makes it different from insurgencies of the past is that the conventional component of the insurgents is non-existent. In other words, the insurgents and the foreign terrorists goal is simple, to force us out of the country. Once this was accomplished, what you would have seen, was the Iranian military moving in and taking over the country and we can all agree that would be a disaster.

Our troops have turned the corner my friends. And the worst nightmare of the screeching anti war crowd is on the verge of coming to fruition. We are going to win! Our troops have had to fight against the odds since the day widespread looting broke out upon the fall of the Hussein regime. But our troops never gave up, they watched, and they learned. The applied those lessons learned and became experts in this kind of war.

During this operation, I had faith in our military, hell, I helped train some of the troops over there and I know their quality. While I became frustrated with Rumsfeld and the OSD, I never lost faith in the military. Now, we have who I consider the best General Officer in the entire US Military leading the best Army we have ever had. We are going to win.

Be happy my friends, be happy indeed. And witness the three ring circus on Capital Hill as the Democratically controlled Congress attempts to convince the American public that we are losing, that we can't win and that we simply must leave Iraq.

Too late. We're winning.