Cut-and-Run Democrats politicize the war for our security

From the Washington Times we get threats Congress is making towards our National Security;

“If the president chooses to escalate the war, in his budget request we want to see a distinction between what is there to support the troops who are there now. The American people and the Congress support those troops. We will not abandon them,” the California Democrat said during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation.”
    “But if the president wants to add to this mission, he is going to have to justify it. And this is new for him because up until now the Republican Congress has given him a blank check with no oversight, no standards, no conditions.”
    Rep. David R. Obey, Wisconsin Democrat and House Appropriations Committee chairman, echoed his party leader’s warnings and some of her wording, saying, “There are certainly going to be no blank checks” from his panel.
    “I think we’re going to scrub his request and, at the same time, use it as a chance to really discuss whether or not the policy behind that request makes any sense,” he said.

So, based on purely fiscal policy, disregarding our security, the Democrats have declared themselves more knowledgeable about what we need to win than the generals they appointed to their positions. Obey seems to have already made up his mind with none of the testimony he claims he requires. So why should the Administration and the Pentagon appear in front of his farce of a committee, except for Obey’s own political benefit?

Yeah, the previous Congress gave the President a blank check, because the President and his advisors are more intimate with the facts than a bunch of mouthy impudent, self-important clowns who care more about themselves and their personal wealth than they are about the welfare of the nation. The President is the Commander-in-chief while Congress holds the purse strings.

Imagine the sigh of relief from the enemy this morning after reading this article.

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