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]]> By: GI Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/12/congress-pontificates-on-another-countrys-history-again/#comment-112606 GI Korea Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:49:32 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/12/batshit-crazy/#comment-112606 To echo cptbbq I'm pretty much convinced that since the Democrats are to cowardly to cut funding for the US military in Iraq outright they have decided to take a back door approach by trying to get Turkey to cut logistical support to the US military. If Turkey cuts logistical support it will have a huge impact on US troops on the ground in Iraq. I'm sure if you ask the people passing this ridiculous resolution they will tell you they support the troops but their actions speak otherwise. To echo cptbbq I’m pretty much convinced that since the Democrats are to cowardly to cut funding for the US military in Iraq outright they have decided to take a back door approach by trying to get Turkey to cut logistical support to the US military.

If Turkey cuts logistical support it will have a huge impact on US troops on the ground in Iraq. I’m sure if you ask the people passing this ridiculous resolution they will tell you they support the troops but their actions speak otherwise.

]]> By: captbbq http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/12/congress-pontificates-on-another-countrys-history-again/#comment-112547 captbbq Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:47:02 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/10/12/batshit-crazy/#comment-112547 I think the Turkish government knows, they recalled their ambassador for "talks", they did not withdraw him. After all they know first hand how the executive will intend one thing, and the parliament will do another, case in point when the United States took the Turkish government's permission to allow the 4th Infantry Division to pass through its territory to heart, only to find their parliament blocking the measure when the ships arrived at port, meaning the United States could not simultaneously invade Iraq from the North. The absence of the 4rth ID early in the war allowed the insurgency to take hold IMHO... I believe that the Democratic congress fully realizes the consequences of this resolution on the war effort, and that they fully intend them. They have taken a beating from their base for passing appropriation bills funding the war (though in reality they couldn't politically afford not to) and for failing to get a timetable for withdrawal passed. By indirectly scuttling the US’s relationship with a key ally, they see a chance to improve their ratings among their base by making the war more difficult for the Bush Administration. As for the resolution on Japan, that was plain and simple pandering to minorities, something that Democrats are traditionally masters at (Hillary in Korea Town). The Democrats have been solidifying themselves among Korean Americans, and by the looks of it, taking the ever breeding/growing Hispanic block as well. That, is owed in large part to the Republicans xenophobic destruction of the inroads into the hispaic voterbase that Bush worked feverishly (and perhaps vainly) to build via their knee-jerk reaction to immigration policy. (yes I'm saying Bush was wise and the rest of the Republicans were dumb) All the Democrats had to do was shut up and let the Republicans self destruct. I think the Turkish government knows, they recalled their ambassador for “talks”, they did not withdraw him. After all they know first hand how the executive will intend one thing, and the parliament will do another, case in point when the United States took the Turkish government’s permission to allow the 4th Infantry Division to pass through its territory to heart, only to find their parliament blocking the measure when the ships arrived at port, meaning the United States could not simultaneously invade Iraq from the North. The absence of the 4rth ID early in the war allowed the insurgency to take hold IMHO…

I believe that the Democratic congress fully realizes the consequences of this resolution on the war effort, and that they fully intend them. They have taken a beating from their base for passing appropriation bills funding the war (though in reality they couldn’t politically afford not to) and for failing to get a timetable for withdrawal passed. By indirectly scuttling the US’s relationship with a key ally, they see a chance to improve their ratings among their base by making the war more difficult for the Bush Administration.

As for the resolution on Japan, that was plain and simple pandering to minorities, something that Democrats are traditionally masters at (Hillary in Korea Town). The Democrats have been solidifying themselves among Korean Americans, and by the looks of it, taking the ever breeding/growing Hispanic block as well.

That, is owed in large part to the Republicans xenophobic destruction of the inroads into the hispaic voterbase that Bush worked feverishly (and perhaps vainly) to build via their knee-jerk reaction to immigration policy. (yes I’m saying Bush was wise and the rest of the Republicans were dumb)

All the Democrats had to do was shut up and let the Republicans self destruct.

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