Omar – To answer the question in the title – for political gain. Sure, there are members of the Democratic party who will never support armed action against anyone for any reason. I don’t agree with those types of folks, but at least they are operating based on some sort of skewed set of principals. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the Dem party is more interested in ensuring their own get elected in 2008, especially for the top job. And because their political views are shared by the vast majority of the mainstream media, they can pound the American people over the head with rhetoric, rather than facts, to convince them that an undecided contest is in fact lost.
I can only tell you that the vast majority of those of us who have been to Iraq, who have fought along side Iraqis, who have opened schools, who have played with the children, and who have seen your suffering firsthand understand what this means to you, and what it means to our country. We’ll continue to fight for your freedoms, and ours, until they drag us back kicking and screaming.
