This evening the President vetoed the Iraq spending bill because the Democrats had put in a firm deadline for pull out of American Troops. I have been aghast recently as key leaders of the Democrats have talked about how we have lost the war, how we awful things are, and how we should just pack up and come home.
Usually, even when I disagree with somebody I can put myself in their shoes and at least understand why they believe the way they do. However, this notion of humbly accepting defeat baffles me completely. I can not understand it at all. No matter if you believe we should have gone to war or not, the fact is we are there now. We are the greatest and most powerful nation on this planet and we are just going to sit idly by and accept defeat? That makes no sense to me. It would seem to me that if you are more powerful than your adversary and you have been holding back during a fight with him and he is starting to beat you, then you step up your attack and crush him. Where is their pride in their country? Where is their pride in themselves? How can somebody just accept defeat? I don't get it or understand it at all.
I am glad the President vetoed the bill. I wish he could rally Congress, the Media, and the People to remove the artificial political barriers we have placed on our troops and let them do their job. I am sure if we stopped caring about looking nice we could have the terrorist out of Iraq in no-time. We have forgotten the old saying that "All is fair in love and war." We are at war. Our enemies declared war on us and we have a right and responsibility to defend ourselves. If we are to continue to succeed as a nation, we must make it clear to the international community that we will not tolerate attacks on us. We must win and we must win decisively. Anything less is dishonorable.
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