October 04, 2006V-I Day!NYT: Even as the Bush administration urges Americans to stay the course in Iraq, Republicans in Congress have put down a quiet marker in the apparent hope that V-I Day might be only months away. Ladies and Gentlemen: Your tax dollars at work! Don't get me wrong. If we won, I'd be in favor of much more than 20MM being spent to flood Broadway, with the biggest parade since WWII, to congratulate our heroic troops. But it is just not happening. Not in '06, and not in '07. Certainly not with the current team in place, still refusing to make significant strategic re-adjustments, not least by keeping a dismally failed war leader in the E-Ring. Posted by Gregory at October 4, 2006 01:57 PMComments
Well said. Republicans are looking to the 2008 election with this maneuver, and don't really care that Iraq burns. Posted by: Dan at October 4, 2006 04:44 PM | Permalink to this commentAt least they could use the money to help support disabled or injured veterans, or veterans and their families who are suffering from economic hardship upon their return, instead of keeping it in the kitty for some imaginary victory bash. Posted by: Tim at October 4, 2006 05:25 PM | Permalink to this commentDon't worry, there is not going to be any victory parade for Iraq, Afghanistan, etec., any time soon. How could there by? If we have won how could the Bushies continue to justify all their warrantless monitoring of people's phones, e-mails etec., not to mention holding people indefinitely without trial at Guantanamo Bay and elsewhere and have interrogators torture these prisoners? At least they could use the money to help support disabled or injured veterans, or veterans and their families who are suffering from economic hardship upon their return, instead of keeping it in the kitty for some imaginary victory bash. Five or ten or fifteen years from now, expect guys who got mangled in Iraq to bear the brunt of "necessary" budget cuts forced by the recklessness of the current Congress. Posted by: sglover at October 4, 2006 06:33 PM | Permalink to this commentI was in Washington for the victory parade after the Gulf War in 1991. It was a nice spectacle, with lots of good visuals. It didn't have quite the political impact one might have thought, though. Posted by: Zathras at October 5, 2006 05:12 AM | Permalink to this commentSo aren't you embarassed you voted for this group? I don't mean chagrined, irritated, or annoyed, but truly, deeply embarassed or what it says about you if you pulled the lever for these bastards. Probably twice. Posted by: Richard Bottoms at October 5, 2006 03:22 PM | Permalink to this commentV-I day? The question should be who lost Iraq? Posted by: Will J. at October 6, 2006 07:58 PM | Permalink to this comment |
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