Fun and games in Congress
On Thursday, Republicans in Congress will force debate and a vote on a non-binding resolution urging the United States to remain in the Iraq War until Iraq is "free" and we have won the Global War on Terror, and I suppose hung Osama bin Laden from the sour apple tree. As political stunts go, this falls somewhere between resolutions in favor of motherhood and declarations of National Artichoke Week. Doesn't the Congress have something important to work on, like an anti-gay marriage resolution?
All kidding aside, any Democrat who votes for this deserves to have a well-funded Eric Epstein or Gene Stilp as a primary opponent the next time around. All Democratic members of Congress should look at what is happening to Sen. Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn. He may well lose the primary to an anti-war Democrat. Lieberman has gone from being Al Gore's vice presidential running mate in 2000 to the absolute doghouse because he wanted to be a Democrat in Name Only. He remains a big supporter of the Iraq War. Bush loves the guy.
The only proper response to the idiocy of a win-the-war resolution (which should really be called a bleed-forever resolution) is a silent, en masse walk-out by the Democratic caucus. Hint: you're being set up by the GOP. Let the Republicans have this millstone tied around their necks, and their necks alone. Iraq is not worth another American life, and the public knows it.