Baghdad Harry Reid Joins Pelosi & Murtha in Call To Legislate Defeat In Iraq

With news out of Iraq - though not found in the MSM - getting better and better each day, the neo-liberal left still refuse to loosen their embrace of surrender and the narrative of defeat. Last week it was Spearker Pelosi & Rep. Murtha threatening not to fund the war unless a date certain was set for withdrawal and the complete end to all combat operations in Iraq. Enter Sen. Majority Ldr Harry Reid, continuing his impression of Baghdad Bob, a role he first auditioned for in April when he declared that the U.S. military had been defeated in Iraq as a result of four suicide bombs by al Qaeda. He continues to compeletely ignore reality in what is so obviously an attempt for partisan gain, irrespective of the impact on our national security or, for that matter, the operation of the Defense Department in time of war:

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that Democrats won't approve more money for the Iraq war this year unless President Bush agrees to begin bringing troops home.

By the end of the week, the House and Senate planned to vote on a $50 billion measure for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The bill would require Bush to initiate troop withdrawals immediately with the goal of ending combat by December 2008.

If Bush vetoes the bill, "then the president won't get his $50 billion," Reid, D-Nev., told reporters at a Capitol Hill news conference.

. . . But their [Reid, Pelosi & Murtha's] remarks reflect an emerging Democratic strategy on the war: Force congressional Republicans and Bush to accept a timetable for troop withdrawals, or turn Pentagon accounting processes into a bureaucratic nightmare.

If Democrats refuse to send Bush the $50 billion, the military would have to drain its annual budget to keep the wars afloat. Last week, Congress approved a $471 billion budget for the military that pays mostly for non-war related projects, such as depot maintenance and weapons development.

. . . In a recent letter to Congress, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England warned that the Army was on track to run out of money by February.

England also said that without more money the military would eventually have to close facilities, layoff civilian workers and defer contracts. Also, the budget delay could disrupt training efforts of Iraqi security forces and efforts to protect troops against roadside bombs, he said.

"The successes they (the troops ) have achieved in recent months will be short lived without appropriate resources to continue their good work," England wrote in a Nov. 8 letter.

. . . The House was expected to vote as early as Wednesday, with the Senate following suit by the end of the week.

Read the article. What will the Democrats do when the MSM begins reporting the news? There will be a price to pay for their perfidy. One gets the impression that they think by closing their eyes and putting their fingers in their ears, they think that they can ignore reality until it goes away and leaves them alone in their fantasy world. Reality won't - but the independent voters who will decide the next election likely will.