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February 01, 2006

Speaking of the Joint Chiefs

We actually watched the State of the Union last night. There was one, blazing example of the despicable Democratic disdain for the American military, regardless of the platitudes they mouth for the folks back home. President Bush was working his way through this paragraph...

Our work in Iraq is difficult, because our enemy is brutal. But that brutality has not stopped the dramatic progress of a new democracy. In less than three years, that nation has gone from dictatorship, to liberation, to sovereignty, to a constitution, to national elections. At the same time, our coalition has been relentless in shutting off terrorist infiltration, clearing out insurgent strongholds, and turning over territory to Iraqi security forces.

... finishing it with this thought.

I am confident in our plan for victory ... I am confident in the will of the Iraqi people ... I am confident in the skill and spirit of our military. Fellow citizens, we are in this fight to win, and we are winning.

The Republican side of the house roared to their feet. The only two standing on the Democratic side of the house? General Peter Pace and General Michael Hagee, USMC, down in the front. They turned and glanced behind them and then a couple Dems abashedly struggled to their feet during the sustained applause.

That picture pretty much said it all for me. Joe Lieberman seemed to be the only Democratic Senator clapping unashamedly ~ clapping at all ~ when the military was mentioned in terms of Iraq.

Posted by tree hugging sister at February 1, 2006 07:55 PM

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Posted by: The_Real_JeffS at February 1, 2006 11:49 PM