Another good article
Ok, I’ll admit it, I’ve never been a Rick Santorum fan. Yes he’s a republican and staunchly conservative but his religous views have always bothered me. However in the wanings months of his losing campaign to get re-elected he started hitting a strident theme against the Islamic jihadist movement and it’s threat to America. Now that was something I could get behind. Now it seems he’s trying to not fade from the spotlight and he’s keeping his support for the troops high and keeping the message against the jihadists.
Here is some excerpts from an op-ed piece he recently note, full article here.
Give our troops what they need to win
The Murtha proposal to cut off funding for the war in Iraq would aid our enemies
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
By Rick Santorum
It is disappointing that Rep. John Murtha, D-Johnstown, is portraying his efforts to cut funding for troops deploying to Iraq as an attempt to fix problems with our military when he previously told the liberal organization MoveOn.org that his real motivation was to ensure that the military “won’t be able to continue” with its new Iraq strategy to secure Baghdad.
It’s nice to see some press on Murtha and his association with MoveOn.org.
Instead of pursuing victory in Iraq, Rep. Murtha supports a premature U.S. withdrawal that would endanger America. Rep. Murtha’s reasoning that Iraq’s government will hold after U.S. forces leave, that Iraq’s security forces will not disintegrate and that the Islamic fascists will not be able to establish a safe haven in Iraq is seriously flawed.
In an attempt to stop the president’s new strategy before it is given a chance to succeed, Rep. Murtha would mortgage our nation’s safety and set up our military for a tougher fight.
Once again Rickie hits the nail squarely on the head here. Here is when he goes for the real money shot.
Unlike antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan and her ilk, Rep. Murtha has the burden of knowing the nature and gravity of the threat of Islamic fascism. That this war may last as long as or longer than the Cold War, and may be much deadlier, is another factor. Yet Rep. Murtha has looked past this to score short-term, domestic political advantage. I can only assume that he and his comrades hope they do not succeed, for if they did, they not only would ensure our defeat and withdrawal from Iraq, but they also would dramatically increase the threat we face at home. This, of course, would spell political disaster for the left.
How true, if the Dem’s got us out of Iraq prematurely and it went badly..especially if America got hit again it would CRUSH the left. Simply destroy their power base for years. Santorum hit this one out of the park, something he normally does when he talks about global jihadist or troops.
