Silver State Libertarian Leanings

The MSM has been joyful to say the least to report weekly that Republicans are jumping ship from the President’s Iraq war strategy. What seems to be escaping the dems and the MSM is that, while some R’s are jumping ship, most aren’t advocating the cut and run strategy of the left.

With the failure to understand that, the dems have once again pushed legislation through the house to in an attempt to force the President to pull out. The entire thing is a waste of time and paper, because even if the Senate passes it, the President will veto, and it doesn’t appear they have the votes to override the veto.

So here we are. To be honest, I kinda like this loop the dems are stuck in. As long as they are obsessed with passing legislation that will be vetoed, they are not doing a real damage, like forcing amnesty down our throats.

Here’s the kicker. If the left took the time to more properly understand the position of the R’s that are breaking from the President, we make get some decent legislation. We may get some ideas on how to change direction without turning tail and running. There may be some good ideas in congress on how to help the Iraqi governement fix some of it’s corruption issues. Instead, we are stuck with most of the left stuck supporting cut and run no mater what, and many on the right supporting the same strategy that isn’t working over and over again.

We seem to be stuck in two dimensions of a very multi-dimensional issue; to continue to band our heads against a wall, or to run screaming from that wall and hand the wall a victory. When will it be time to put aside partisan politics to try to find a window or a door in that wall? There have to be more than two solutions to Iraq. Ugh. Some days I really hate politics.