January 2007, in an unexpected wave of electoral success the Democrats take the House and barely manage to squeeze a majority out in the Senate. The blogosphere cheered, the nation was heartened, a sigh of relief went up around the world. Finally, the out of control Bush Reign of Terror would be checked. Oversight would return, investigations would be launched, subpoenas issued and enforced, political and politicized appointees would be denied confirmation, the Unitary Executive reigned in and……by far the most important, the War in Iraq would be ended, the killing would be stopped, no more of America’s sons and daughters would have to die for the biggest “mistake” in America history.
Virtually none of that has happened.
And since the Democrats have taken over Congress….since they gained the power of the purse…the power to end the war…..
Approximately 900 more Americans have died in Iraq.
And who knows how many Iraqis.
900 have died, needlessly, because the Democrats in Congress are afraid of Bush and afraid of the Press.
Please read clammyc’s piece, Do your job or resign, for more of the story, I can’t tell it any better than he does. I just wanted to add that number into the equation.
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Thousands of US troops died needlessly in Vietnam because Nixon was waiting to be reelected before ending the war. The only real difference is the magnitude of the numbers.
That’s why it’s not enough to wait for a new president, who we hope will be a Democrat that will end the war.
We’ve got to keep the pressure on, every single day.
WTF?