Democrat war delusions

NY Times:

President Bush had barely left the Capitol after immigration talks there on Tuesday when Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the majority leader, walked onto the Senate floor to call for a moment of silence. It was time, Mr. Reid said, to pay tribute to American soldiers in Iraq as their death toll reached 3,500.

A short time earlier, Mr. Reid convened a conference call with liberal bloggers, offering assurances that Democrats would revive debate over the Iraq war. And he pledged to revive it soon, ending the silence that followed the White House’s outmaneuvering of Democrats last month to win more money for the war without a timeline to end it.

“They’ve been driving this debate very well,” Mr. Reid said later, speaking of the bloggers who have been pushing for Congress to end the war. “I understand their disappointment. We raised the bar too high.”

It has been nearly three weeks since Democrats have held a formal Iraq debate or voted on an Iraq proposal in the House or Senate. Not since they assumed the majority in January has there been such a lull. During the three weeks, Congressional approval ratings have fallen, and Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she knew why.

“It’s the war, I believe so, it’s the war,” Ms. Pelosi said in a brief interview on Wednesday. “In terms of the issue that the American people want to have resolved, the war is three or four times higher than any other issue.”

Some Democrats argue that it is high time for the party to turn its attention to domestic issues — energy legislation, immigration overhaul and lobbying reform — to allay concerns that Democrats have not achieved enough significant accomplishments during the first six months of their majority. But other Democrats are demanding a return to the Iraq debate, which Mr. Reid has now pledged to do this month.

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The war has become a lose-lose proposition for the Democrats. Their shrinking poll numbers are largely because of their failure to force a retreat from Iraq. They still talk like they think they can end the war in Iraq. They are lying to themselves on this. At most they can only order a retreat from Iraq.

The war against us by our enemies in Iraq will continue, and our enemies will have greater resources and a sanctuary from which to operate if we do what the Democrat kooks want. This is the reality which they deny. The other reality which they acknowledge is the one that got them in trouble with their kook base. They can't force the President to sign their retreat legislation and they do not have the courage to cut off funds.


Bringing up these issues again is just going to make things worse for them becasue it will highlight their impotence.