All,
On 20 April 2007 Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, on the floor our capitol building, stated:
"...this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything..."
Was there ever an American holding a high office in time of war that made a more defeatist statement than that of Harry Reid?
Was there ever an instance where our armed forces, in the midst of life-or-death battle, were publicly subjected to such words of betrayal as those spewed forth by our Majority Leader in the Senate?
Due to the unsung bravery, dedication, and professionalism of our armed forces we have now obtained victory in Iraq. We have won the war that Harry Reid recklessly opined as lost, all the while sitting safe and sound back home (or "fat, dumb, and happy" in Marine jargon).
If ever a national leader deserves an equal public censure of being voted out of office by his electorate then that man is Harry Reid of Nevada.
President Obama said this during a speech on 21 March 2007 as a Senator:
"...we must learn the lessons of Iraq. It is what we owe our soldiers. It is what we owe their families. And it is what we owe our country – now, and in all the days and months to come."
We do indeed owe them and we can pay them back in part by doing whatever it takes to turn Harry Reid out of office in November 2010.
Semper Fi,
Mike
Two-tour veteran of the Iraq War
