Like we all suspected - nothing but pure politics
During the last election (and during this Presidential election cycle - primaries and general), the Iraq War was something the Dems wanted to Deep Six as soon as possible. Promises of ending the war, that they'll defund it, and all the troops will come home with honor from that nasty civil war....
Yeah, sure! From our friend Warner over at Publius' Forum:
Democrat Admits Democrats Lied About Stopping WarThe Hill is reporting that Rep. Paul Kanjorski (Dem., PA) told an audience at a town meeting that the Democrat Party was basically lying when they said they’d stop the war if they were elected as the majority during the 2006 midterms. One would think that such an explosive admission would be all over the news? Amazingly, this news is rather hushed.
In an August, 2007 video posted on You-Tube on May 22nd, Kanjorski is seen saying that Democrats “stretched the facts” when they said they would stop the war after winning the majority.
Transcript:
Now, I’ll tell you my impression. We really in this last election — when I say “we,” the Democrats — I think pushed it as far as we can to the envelope. We didn’t say it, but we implied it, that if we won the congressional elections, we could stop the war.
Now, anybody who’s a good student of government would know it wasn’t true. But you know, the temptation to want to win back the Congress, we sort of stretched the facts.
Don't believe me? Just watch:
As I just posted, they are still trying to backpedal and silence those that blow holes in their blunder.
Courage? Democrats standing up for their convictions and promises? Hah - not on this issue!
