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"I would like to challenge my colleagues to not only attend this briefing by General Petraeus, but to come with an open mind. The General has been entrusted with an historic task; he deserves not only our full faith and support, but the courtesy of acknowledging that he knows better than 535 Members of Congress how to succeed in a war effort."Speaker of State Nancy Pelosi and virtually all of the Democrats serving in Washington today are not interested in hearing what the General has to say. Why? That is the question... What General Petraeus has to say doesn't fit their agenda, so they don't want to hear it.
While there continue to be good days and bad days in Iraq, many great things are going on over there that continue to not see the light of day in the American press. Significant progress is being made in that country, but all we hear about are the car bombs. Sure, that is news and should be reported; but that's not the whole story. And Democrats know that if you get the full story, you'll not buy their lies.
General Petraeus was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate to be the U.S. commander of the Multinational Force in Iraq. He has a clear track record as a straight-shooter and as someone who gets things done. So one has to wonder why next week's important briefing almost didn't happen. According to Roll Call, when the Pentagon tried to schedule the briefing through House Democrats they were declined - twice - because Democrats were originally "too busy" to schedule anything.Well said, Congressman!
Too busy? The only thing that could be more important than hearing from the top general in a war effort that is critical to America's long-term national security would be providing our troops the resources they need to succeed. But Democrats certainly haven't been busy doing that.
