Ramblings

I'm not sure what to say about the ignominious defeat of the Reid-Feingold amendment to stop the war. We knew it was going down. But, so many Democrats jumped ship that it's really worrysome. What is it that they don't get? This war is a) illegal, b) immoral, c) completely counter-productive*, and d) already lost. Why would anyone want to stay in?

* As to completely counter-productive, let me count the ways

1) Diverted our attention from the real enemy in Afghanistan, allowing bin Laden & Co. to escape.

2) Given a recruiting boost to al-Qaeda and other anti-American groups around the world

3) Depleted our armed forces of both manpower and arms to the point we would not be able to fight a real threat to our country

4) So alienated our "friends" that we no longer have friends to support us when we need them

5) Empowered Iran

6) Diverted our attention from solving the Palestinian problem, which is the breeder of much of the dissent against America in the Arab world.

I could probably go on, but you get the point.