Commentary

Hurry Up and 'Redeploy' So the Killing Can Start Again

"The debate over the US military's engagement on the Iraqi battlefield is raging on Capitol Hill with congressional Democrats attempting to defund the campaign through back-channel means.

Simultaneously, reports are coming from a multitude of sources -- both inside and outside of Iraq -- that testify to the overwhelming success, to date, of President Bush's 'surge' initiative. Why are our elected officials wasting taxpayer dollars, allocated in the form of their salaries, to debate turning a victory into a defeat?

Anti-war activists, the mainstream media and liberal Democrats like Harry Reid, David Obey and Ted 'Hope Floats' Kennedy are no strangers to ripping defeat from the jaws of victory. A perfect example of this can be found in the Vietnam War where politicians interfered with the generals to literally hand the Communist North Vietnamese a victory." Read on.