The Nation's Pulse
Withdrawn Democrats
What does their muted reaction to Zarqawi's death tell us about them?
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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said, “Democrats have long said that 2006 must be a year of significant transition in Iraq, where the Iraqis take responsibility for their security. The death of al Zarqawi and the naming of the Iraqi Defense and Interior Minister should bring us closer to that goal, and hasten the day when American troops can come home.”
Other top Democrats were more measured, but withdrawal clearly is becoming the Democrat message. Not victory, but withdraw. The No. 1 goal will be to “support the troops, bring them home.” The death of Zarqawi illustrated this quite unmistakably. The Democrats have made getting the troops home the top priority.
Sounds nice, but that is no strategy for victory, it is a strategy for surrender. The Democratic Party’s goal is to end the conflict, not win the conflict, when it should be the other way around.
If the Democrats have their way and bring the troops home before Iraq is secured, then it will mean that all the coalition forces who have died there will have died in vain. It is becoming increasingly evident that the Democrats are striving for exactly that.
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Andrew Cline is editorial page editor of the New Hampshire Union Leader. His Twitter ID is @Drewhampshire.
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