What the Heck was I Thinking!?

In the same Washington Times article as my previous post, I found this tidbit from Sam Brownback, the reverse Joe Lieberman:

Bush policy, not resolutions, called enemy boost - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper

When the conservative Mr. Brownback was asked how he would handle the situation as president, he said, “I think if the president would reach out to the Democratic leadership and ask them not what are you opposed to, but what are you for, we can start coming together. I thought that was the whole purpose of [the Iraq Study Group].”

It really doesn’t matter what the purpose of the Iraq Surrender Group was, the result was abysmal. To have Sam Brownback, a “conservative,” espouse the foreign policy position of this cast of lost children doesn’t endear him to the conservative base.

Joe Lieberman, who identified himself more with Democrats domestically and with Republicans on foreign policy, now has his reverse twin in Sam Brownback - conservative in domestic policy (hopefully) and wandering with the defeatist Democrats in the desert of Middle Eastern politics.

Senator Lugar, ranking member of the Foreign Relations committee had this to say:

Sen. Richard G. Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Foreign Relations Committee, said the nonbinding resolution is the wrong idea.
    ”Essentially, this resolution, others that are being offered, are an opportunity for people to vent their emotions, their thoughts, get it on record,” he said during an appearance on “This Week.” (emphasis mine)

He hit the nail on the head as far as Democrats go: venting emotions rather than thinking about how they could help move the situation toward the stated goal of a country that can govern itself and defend itself, and isn’t a haven for islamo-fascist terrorists.

Senator Vitriol Webb added his convoluted logic to the arguments:

“We’re not opposed to the president’s plan. What I object to is the fact that there isn’t a plan,” he said during an appearance on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” “This is almost just like a tipping point for a lot of people who are basically saying you cannot continue to give the administration a free hand in the manipulation of troop numbers without a clear endpoint to a strategy.”

Where has he been while people have talked about the endpoint of the strategy in Iraq?

Source: Bush policy, not resolutions, called enemy boost - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper

When I saw this article in the Washington Times, my first thought was that Clueless Joe Biden had reverted to 6-year-old arguments:

Bush policy, not resolutions, called enemy boost - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman said yesterday that President Bush’s Iraq policy is “emboldening the enemy,” rebutting critics who insist that resolutions denouncing the president’s troop surge hurt the morale of U.S. forces.

“It’s not the American people or the United States Congress who are emboldening the enemy. It’s the failed policy of this president,” said Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., Delaware Democrat

Next, I expect him and his like-minded elocutionists to have the retort, “I know you are, but what am I?” entered into the Congressional Record.

When WILL they grow up?

Source: Bush policy, not resolutions, called enemy boost - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America’s Newspaper