Finally Money For The Troops

It has been 109 days since President Bush sent his emergency spending request to Congress and today, May 25th, he finally was able to sign a bill to fund our troops through September 30th of this year. This after repeated attempts by the Al-Qaeda Democratic Party to tie the emergency money to United States troop withdrawals.
The mullahs, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid had to disappoint their terrorist buddies by not being able to deliver the white flag of surrender, that they so desperately fought for these past three months. They tried everything they could think of to undermine the President and the troops, but as seen today it was all for nothing as the troops will get the much needed emergency funds. However, as expressed by Speaker Pelosi, it is not over, we will see the President’s policy begin to unravel now, she said with delight.
No doubt the debate will again flare up as summer ends and bills for next years funding begin to move through the halls of Congress.
There is some speculation that their may even be a change in the President’s direction in Iraq in the fall. Many of the members in his own party are talking this way as they wait to see how things will go through the summer and if Iraqi politicians can make the tough calls and get their government in order.
The president applauded the bipartisan effort to get an emergency supplemental bill to his desk by the Memorial Day recess. He expressed how much can get done in a short time if people are really trying and not playing politics with issues.
The war spending bill provides about $95 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through Sept. 30 and billions in domestic projects, including more than $6 billion for hurricane relief. The House voted 280-142 Thursday night to pass the bill, followed by a 80-14 vote in the Senate.
In an effort to please MoveOn, Al-Qaeda, and other ultra-liberal primary voters, Democratic Presidential rivals Senators Clnton and Obama voted against the funding bill, even as they professed to fully support the troops. Wow guys, way to show how much you support the troops!
By September there will be an assessment by General Petraeus and a report to Congress on whether or not the troop surge is having the desired results. There will also be an independent assessment of the progress being made by the Iraqi government, which I think will be of more importance than what the General tells Congress. Hopefully, the Iraqi’s will see how precarious their situation is here in America, with public opinion and many politicians against them. They really need to take this three month reprieve and use it to their full advantage.
The President and the troops won round one after much frustration and delay. They may not be so lucky in round two, which starts in September when the Congress returns. May much progress be made by then.
Our best to the troops this Memorial Day weekend!