Friday, February 19, 2010

War in Iraq

Oh wait sorry. Operation New Dawn, as it is being renamed now. It is pretty sad, the Democrats, including Obama, have spent the last 5-6 years calling for the end of the war. Yelling at Bush for being a war mongerer. But now that they have the White House, the war hasn't ended, and they are changing the war's name to make it their own.

ABC News has learned that the Obama administration has decided to give the war in Iraq -- currently known as Operation Iraqi Freedom -- a new name.

The new name: "Operation New Dawn."

In a February 17, 2010, memo to the Commander of Central Command, Gen. David Petraeus, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the "requested operation name change is approved to take effect 1 September 2010, coinciding with the change of mission for U.S. forces in Iraq."


I just want some intellectual honesty here. I'm glad the Democrats are finally, half assed, starting to support the war. They should have been since the beginning. But like everything else they just think "how is this going to effect me politically?". They don't think "how is this going to effect America?".

Now it behooves now to, in my opinion, pretend to support the war in Iraq. Even though they have been against the war for as long as I can remember. It's going to take a lot more than a name change for me to believe the Democrats are serious about national defense.

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