The dum-dums are at it again

It has long been a matter of record among the intelligence community that Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki operates under the watchful eye and firm rule of the Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who controls downtown Baghdad, known as Sadr City and his militia of Shiite fighters.

al-Maliki has deemed this area of Baghdad out of bounds for our military, which has since assumed areas further away, but still monitoring the situation. Supposedly, the U.S. Military is not permitted to operate in Sadr, However, we can all bet the farm that with the addition of 21000 troops this may soon be a moot point and al-Maliki will join his boss al-Sadr in another dimension or the now famous Iraq gallows.

That would be the thought process, if the bleeding heart, feel good, tree hugging Senator’s were not doing their absolute best to throw a monkey wrench into the plans. These aforementioned Senator’s announced agreement Wednesday on a resolution opposing President Bush's 21,500-troop buildup in Iraq, which of course, is a nothing but a power play, laying the necessary groundwork for a direct confrontation between the White House and Congress over the war.

These elected dum-dums are so caught up in their own self-importance they cannot foresee the problems they are creating among the men and women of the military. The loss of moral that occurs among the troops as anyone who served from my generation will attest to, is a constant byproduct of the antiwar media facing their families at home.

The men and women serving have been constantly asked to go above and beyond the initial conception of the war in Iraq. Unlike the war in Vietnam, where serving a full combat tour would exempt the soldier from a mandatory second one. This is the dawn of a bright and brave new world.. Today’s men and women do not face a draft, the have no fear of their number called, forced into the service and a guaranteed tour in combat.

This is the all-volunteer military, higher pay, better training, equipment and the best weapons systems their government can provide them with. The only problem to this scenario is the men and women face two, three and more tours in a combat zone. Our men and women are up to the task, they are motivated and professional, but we can only go so far before some of them begin to burn out from the constant levels of stress.

America’s answer should not be divided among party lines and a media constantly in our face with anything negative they can dig up. It should be a united front against a common enemy, not what the elected dum-dums are putting together to test their new powers.

This whole sordid political affair makes me sick