DEAN TOUTS DEMOCRAT'S PLAN

DNC Chairman Howard Dean touted the Democrats’ agenda in their weekly radio address. Here’s some of his key points:

“Democrats are determined to set a different course for our Nation, to tell the truth to the American people, to save the lives of our American soldiers and keep America safe.”

If Democrats are so determined to tell the truth, then why isn’t anyone chastising John Murtha for the whoppers he’s told recently? Why isn’t Nancy Pelosi telling him to stop using the line that an IED killed Iraqi civilians? No one said the IED killed innocent Iraqi civilians. As the Marines reported, the IED killed Marine Sgt. Miguel Terrazas. Why doesn’t Ms. Pelosi tell Mr. Murtha that there really was a gunfight that night in Haditha?

Mr. Murtha has put American soldiers at greater risk because he’s told those whoppers again & again. Soldiers on the ground in Iraq tell their stateside relatives that they’re at greater risk. Mr. Dean would be well advised to keep his mouth shut if his mission is to convince people of the latest Democratic nonsense.

“A majority of Democrats have called upon the President to change course in Iraq.”

TRANSLATION: A majority of Democrats have called on the President to change course before we win in Iraq so that Democrats don’t look like total idiots.

“Democrats have also offered a plan that asks the president to responsibly redeploy our troops.”

Mr. Dean, it’s impossible to “responsibly redeploy our troops” because the end result of Democratic-style redeployment is what most people know as cut-and-run. It’s a plan for defeat, not victory. Democrats got their way with Vietnam, the only war we ever lost. Republicans refuse to let you do to the patriotic Iraqi people what the counterculture crowd did to the courageous Vietnamese people. Period!

“The phased re-deployment strategy proposed by Democrats this week calls on the President to do the following:
– First, work with the Government of Iraq to begin a phased redeployment of United States troops from Iraq by the end of this year;”

Doesn’t this fool pay attention? He should read Mowaffak al-Rubaie’s Washington Post op-ed to familiarize himself with the plan that President Bush has agreed to with the sovereign Iraqi government. Here’s the most important statement Mr. Rubaie makes, in the first paragraph no less:

“There is, however, an unofficial “road map” to foreign troop reductions that will eventually lead to total withdrawal of U.S. troops. This road map is based not just on a series of dates but, more important, on the achievement of set objectives for restoring security in Iraq.”

It’d be nice if Mr. Dean paid attention to that roadmap instead of blustering on about the Democrats’ plan.

– Second, submit a plan to Congress by the end of 2006 with estimated dates for the continued phased redeployment of United States forces from Iraq;

Mr. Dean, see above statement by Mr. Rubaie.

– Third, we have also told the President that we demand accountability for the resources being spent in Iraq. The cost of the Iraq war will be at least one trillion dollars, enough to finance a health care program for every single American, including our veterans coming home from the war.

Who are you to demand accountability for the resources being spent there? You don’t have a vote in appropriating money to the war effort. Democratic senators and representatives do. It’s their responsibility to make sure the money’s being spent on the highest priorities in Iraq before they appropriate the money. If they aren’t doing that before the vote is taken, then they should be ashamed of themselves.

– Fourth, expedite the transition of United States forces in Iraq to a limited presence and mission of training, providing logistical support, protecting United States infrastructure and personnel, and participating in targeted counterterrorism activities.

Seriously, have you paid even a minute amount of attention to Iraq? I’d seriously doubt it based on this statement because we’ve been in a mostly logistical and support role for at least six months now. If you’re finally figuring this out now, snap with it. You’re ages behind, which isn’t surprising.

– Finally, our plan recognizes that during and after the phased redeployment of United States forces from Iraq, the United States will need to sustain a non-military effort to actively support reconstruction, governance, and a durable political solution in Iraq.

Again, where have you been? Mr. Dean, is it that you only pay attention to the things revolving around your head in your make-believe universe? Get a clue.

Most of the ‘Democratic plan’ has been in place for half a year or better, with the lone exception being setting timelines. And that ain’t gonna happen until there’s icicles hanging from the ceiling in Hades.

We see an America where we are all on the same team again, working together to deal with problems American Families face, Defense, Security, Health Care, Jobs.

The only division in America is the Democratic-caused division. The Bush administration is dealing with defending this nation and providing for true national security. The Bush economic plan dug us out of a recession and 9/11. Since then, it’s creating jobs at a rate comparable to the Clinton record.

Simply put, it’s time for Mr. Dean’s Democrats to take the blinders off and to stop Bush-hating.