Comments on: Senate’s Cowardice On Iraq Policy Undermines Troops’ Bravery

By: durf786

durf786 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:18:05 +0000

I don’t think it’s right to blame the Congress as a whole. With a solid block of Republican ditto-heads lip-locked to Bush’s tush, the anti-war people are stymied. The votes aren’t there to end debate or override a veto. Reid, Pelosi, and the Dems (mostly) are doing as much as they can. The war is a travesty and a disaster, but all we can do is look forward to an unprecedented and well-deserved bashing of Republicans in November 2008. I don’t think the Democrats can mess that up, though I’ve been surprised before (see 2004).

By: Grady Coker

Grady Coker — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:58:54 +0000

How goes the war? Two more people killed in the streets of Colorado Springs with another killed in the capital in Denver. Should we close down the town and capital? I was once a great fan of Senator Salazar–but not anymore. He is just another Democrate whimp taking his orders from Senator Reid.

By: Joeyh21

Joeyh21 — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:31:16 +0000

If our politicians only had a shred of the integrity of our troops…….

By: Wildflower

Wildflower — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:06:55 +0000

Once again the Republican Bush-puppets have gone against the will of the American people and stymied the bill to bring our soldiers home. But WHOA, not so fast Democrats. The American people voted overwhelming democratic in the last election to stop this senseless slaughter of our young men and women. But you got giddy with power and scattered in a thousand different directions instead of keeping to the task at hand, ending the war.I don’t know if the American people will remember that the Republicans stymied the bill. But I guarantee they will remember that the Democrats didn’t stick to the task at hand.and deliver as promised.
In the meantime the Representatives and Senators will take the month of August off to play, while our soldiers continue to be killed and maimed. More little children won’t be seeing their daddy again.

By: Nancy Murphy

Nancy Murphy — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 17:51:22 +0000

The recent debacle in the Senate over the amendment to withdraw the troops from Iraq demonstrates once again that our Senate has no ability or desire to provide the wisdom and guidance that is their designated role.

Like many Americans I am increasingly concerned about the outcome of our “war on terror.” Clearly we are losing the battles. The question is: How we will ever know when we have won the war? Is there an enemy that will surrender, or will we accept as “winning” a certain percentage decrease in the number of worldwide terrorist attacks? Or,and most likely, will we simply give up when we have relinquished all of our rights, wasted the lives of our young people, and spent all of our money on this futile approach to controlling terroism?

By: urthpigg

urthpigg — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 20:27:30 +0000

This may annoy some Democrats, but I knew better than to support Ken Salazar for the Democratic nomination for Senator in 2004. Before Salazar joined the race, there were three Colorado Democrats running for the Senate seat. The Denver Post and other Colorado newspapers did not cover their campaigns. One of those candidates was Mike Miles from Colorado Springs, whom I supported in the caucuses. He won the vote at the Democratic Assembly that year, but after that the mainstream (right wing) Democrats and most Colorado newspapers downplayed his candidacy, although he had the integrity that Salazar lacks and showed that he lacked during his tenure as Attorney General. Salazar is a member of the Democratic Leadership Council, once headed by his favorite Senator, Joe Lieberman, who is no longer a Democrat. Other members of the DLC voted to give Bush the authority to invade Iraq, in defiance of the requirements of the United States Constitution, which they had sworn an oath to uphold. DLC members Hillary Clinton, John Kerry, and John Edwards all lacked the courage and leadership to insist on a Constitutional declaration of war, and most of the American voters seemed oblivious to this fact. The American public’s ignorance, apathy, and complacency is greatly responsible for this disastrous war. The American people need to wake up, start acting like true patriots, and take back the democracy that most of them seem to have rejected.

Or we can continue to let the wealthiest 1% run this nation as an oligarchy for their own benefit and no one elseâ€™s.

By: Arnie C

Arnie C — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 21:37:23 +0000

It makes very sad to see both Parties playing poltics with this war. The Republicians what to keep the stats quo and are afraid that if we pull out they will look like losers.
The Dems. are not in any hurry to end the war because the longer it goes on the worse the Reps. look hince the better they will do in 2008. And both are happy to keep feeding the war machine that in turn feeds their campains.

Mean while back in Iraq we our killing both Iraqi and American people, and breeding hate that will foster for years.