From the Chairman
No Independence Day celebration is complete without a heartfelt “Thank You” to the men and women who serve in our Armed Forces. They dedicate their lives to defending our great country and the principles of freedom and liberty on which it was founded. In order to perform their job, however, the members of our military need to be given the right resources at the right time. Unfortunately, the House of Representatives took steps last week to prevent that from happening.
Several months ago, Congress began the process of approving supplemental funding for operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. And after significant delay, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates pleaded with Congress to approve this funding by July 4. If that did not occur, he warned that the Pentagon would be forced to do “stupid things” to avoid disrupting military operations. Yet when House Democrats brought the legislation to the floor last Thursday, they tacked on tens of billions of dollars for a bailout of public sector union employees and other totally unrelated spending – sending the bill back to the Senate instead of to the President’s desk.
With that reckless decision, House Democrats ensured that our military would not get the resources it needs by July 4. It is simply unacceptable that the same people who insist on giving terrorists a timetable for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan could not stick to a timetable for funding our troops in harm’s way. Our men and women in uniform deserve better.
2 comments:
It is not about "our men and women in uniform"
This is about the military industrial complex stealing billions of dollars from the U.S. Taxpayers. The wars are a huge profit making venture which can never be allowed to end.
The soldiers who give their lives for the wars are mere cannon fodder and, like the citizens of America are useless eaters. We too will be eliminated once our usefulness has expired (already has?).
Thank you
Politicians (spit the taste out of your now). They don't care about anyone but themselves and their ability to get re-elected to the greatest job on the planet. Democrat or Republican --- they're all the same. Would you want YOUR son in Afganistan?
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