Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Play to Win or Take Your Ball Home
Meaningless symbolic gestures probably appealed to me when I was 15 but the attraction has long since worn off. So gestures like Rep. Rangel’s measure to re-introduce the draft in 2004 that he didn’t vote for:
“"We have seen something I haven't seen in 28 years in the House Representatives — someone bringing a bill to the House they don't support," Skelton said. USATODAY.com - House overwhelmingly stomps out bill that would've reinstated draft
Or John Murtha’s call for an Iraqi withdrawal that he didn’t vote for in 2005: House Rejects Iraq Pullout After GOP Forces a Vote
Or John Kerry’s 2006 doomed-from-the-start withdrawal call: Senate Rejects Democratic Plans to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Iraq
…well, I generally look with disdain on such posturing. Tuesday’s Op-Ed by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, formerly of the Reagan and Bush I Justice Departments, does a good job of throwing down the gauntlet to our new Congress regarding Iraq:
“If Congress believes the war is lost, or not worth winning, it must take responsibility for the consequences of forcing a U.S. withdrawal. Otherwise, it must leave the president to direct the war and to bear responsibility for the decisions he has made and will make.” What Congres Can (And Can't) Do on Iraq
“"We have seen something I haven't seen in 28 years in the House Representatives — someone bringing a bill to the House they don't support," Skelton said. USATODAY.com - House overwhelmingly stomps out bill that would've reinstated draft
Or John Murtha’s call for an Iraqi withdrawal that he didn’t vote for in 2005: House Rejects Iraq Pullout After GOP Forces a Vote
Or John Kerry’s 2006 doomed-from-the-start withdrawal call: Senate Rejects Democratic Plans to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Iraq
…well, I generally look with disdain on such posturing. Tuesday’s Op-Ed by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, formerly of the Reagan and Bush I Justice Departments, does a good job of throwing down the gauntlet to our new Congress regarding Iraq:
“If Congress believes the war is lost, or not worth winning, it must take responsibility for the consequences of forcing a U.S. withdrawal. Otherwise, it must leave the president to direct the war and to bear responsibility for the decisions he has made and will make.” What Congres Can (And Can't) Do on Iraq
