Saturday - February 17, 2007
The Decline of Great Powers: House Concurrent Resolution 63
Or Hatred for Their Own Country
House Concurrent Resolution, passed in the House by a vote of 246 to 182 on February 16th. February 16th will be noted by historians as the day the United States lost its will survive. Here is the text of the bill:
Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That--
(1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and
(2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.
Not only do we have 246 members of Congress micromanaging the battle plan, they have in plain text told our soldiers that all the hard work and sacrifice has been a waste. More importantly though, the Democrats are telling the world the the greatest power on earth, is unwilling-not unable-just unwilling to defeat a minor, insignificant enemy.
Let's face it, Bush has blundered on the conduct of the occupation of Iraq, but the elections of 2006 forced him to reconsider his war plan. Rumsfeld was replaced, a new plan of occupation drawn up, and a new capable general put in charge. The left isn't interested in this victory, they want the U.S. humiliated.
The enemy in Iraq is nothing compared to the Viet Cong. They are insignificant. Our losses are minor. We've lost 3,000 people from a country of 300,000,000. The message that the Democrats gave our enemies today is that the U.S. is unwilling to defend itself, no matter how small the cost.
It is my view, that the loathing the left has for this nation's success is manifest in this resolution. The left, as exemplified by the Democrats aren't worried about this country's defense. They hate the manly show of arms. They despise the concept of God, Country, Family. They would talk and negotiate rather than raise a hand in anger to foreigners who despise our way of life.
Instead, the left, through the Democrats, are more concerned with matters that undermine the vigor and virtue of the nation. Namely, abortion, homosexual marriage, high taxes, government health care, welfare benefits, and diversity are the issues by which they entertain the masses while nation's foundation is allowed to crumble.
It happens to all republics as the virility of the nation is replaced with narcissism:
The Romans continued their high-minded course so long as they enjoyed liberty, but when they submitted to the rule of Emperors, and these Emperors began to be corrupted, preferring the shade of the palace to the sun of the camp, then they also began to buy off the Parthians, the Germans, and other neighboring peoples, which was the beginning of the ruin of their great empire.--The Discourse by Machiavelli
The Democrats and the left will try to buy off our enemies. They will bleat that we should negotiate and talk. They will offer foreign aid and hope that buys off the enemy. They will say America is the problem and hope that satisfies our enemies.. All during this time though, the Islamic jihad will be planning their next attack while Americans are distracted by gay marriage and the redistribution of wealth taken from the rich. It has already started. Who do you think is paying for the minimum wage hike?
Lastly, those who voted for this resolution, should from hereon, have their names associated those who would undermine the valor and vigor of our republic through an effeminate foreign policy:
Abercrombie
Ackerman
Allen
Altmire
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baldwin
Barrow
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boren
Boswell
Boucher
Boyd (FL)
Boyda (KS)
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson
Castle
Castor
Chandler
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Coble
Cohen
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Cramer
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Davis (AL)
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
Davis, Lincoln
Davis, Tom
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly
Doyle
Duncan
Edwards
Ellison
Ellsworth
Emanuel
Engel
English (PA)
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Frank (MA)
Giffords
Gilchrest
Gillibrand
Gonzalez
Gordon
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Herseth
Higgins
Hill
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holden
Holt
Honda
Hooley
Hoyer
Inglis (SC)
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Jefferson
Johnson (GA)
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, E. B.
Jones (NC)
Jones (OH)
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Keller
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick
Kind
Kirk
Klein (FL)
Kucinich
Lampson
Langevin
Lantos
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
LaTourette
Lee
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Lynch
Mahoney (FL)
Maloney (NY)
Markey
Matheson
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum (MN)
McDermott
McGovern
McIntyre
McNerney
McNulty
Meehan
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Melancon
Michaud
Millender-McDonald
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murtha
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor
Paul
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Rahall
Ramstad
Rangel
Reyes
Rodriguez
Ross
Rothman
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schiff
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Shuler
Sires
Skelton
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Solis
Space
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Tanner
Tauscher
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Towns
Udall (CO)
Udall (NM)
Upton
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walsh (NY)
Walz (MN)
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch (VT)
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Wynn
Yarmuth
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