Classic Democrat Self-Deception By Brigadier General Jimmy L. Cash, Ret. My position on the war has not changed. We need to get out now, even though it looks like our troops are making progress. The sheiks are responsible for the deaths being down, not the work of our troops. The mission is complete, we are spending money uselessly. I haven’t changed my stance at all. We need to de-authorize the war and come home”, says Montana Senator Jon Tester. With that as a backdrop, Jon Tester, fresh from a trip to Iraq, continues to read from the Socialist, Far-Left notebook and then has the audacity to say, “Our troops have done an incredible job over there”. This comes from a man who has never been on the other side of the Atlantic, reacts only as the far-left directs him to react, and is an embarrassment not only to the people of Montana, but the rest of the US Senate as well. We see many older Democratic Senators who have not had a clear thought in 30 years, but Mr. Tester is a young man and cannot use age as an excuse. The entire Middle-East is watching what is happening politically in the US right now. Every country in the region is worried that we will cut-and-run, leaving Iran as the dominant force. They will not openly say such, because they are afraid to burn bridges with Iran in the event the Democrats win in 2008, and we actually do leave the area without total victory. Saudi Arabia has been the stabilizing influence on oil prices for years. As OPEC raised the prices, Saudi has increased production keeping the price per barrel acceptable to the US. That is slowly changing now, because foolish people like Tester have convinced them that the US is going to elect a far-left, Socialist leaning Government, that will leave the Middle-East prematurely. Where will that leave Saudi Arabia and others in the region? It will leave them at the will of Iranian psychopaths, enriching uranium. They will not take the chance of alienating such insanity. I have been watching this charade since being assigned as the Director of Operations for 9th Air Force and US Central Command, headquartered at MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida ( I commanded that Air Force Base in 1985 and 1986). Countries in the Middle-East are very supportive of the US behind closed doors, but they are extremely sensitive to how they are perceived by others in the region. IF WE OPENLY TELL THE WORLD THAT WE ARE GOING TO LEAVE, AND THEIR SECURITY BLANKET IS BEING PULLED, THEIR SUPPORT WILL IMMEDIATELY GO TO THE OTHER SIDE. It is the way of the world over there. And Jon Tester, along with the most of the Democratic Party, is too foolish to understand!!!!! It is time to face facts about the Middle-East. It makes no difference why we went in militarily. We are there! IT IS IN THE NATIONAL INTEREST OF THIS COUNTRY TO REMAIN A STRONG PRESENCE UNTIL STABILITY IS ACHIEVED. Until we, the American people, are willing to elect members of government with the guts to declare a national goal of energy independence within the next decade, and are willing make the sacrifices necessary to attain that goal, we will remain dependant on Middle-East oil. That means a strong presence in the region will be absolutely necessary. Now, it is time to tell the half dozen far-left Socialist zealots who continue to write to the Daily Interlake, spew their idiotism about pursuing a diplomatic solution in the Middle-East, and do nothing but mouth from the far-left’s playbook of “Cut-and-Run- Philosophy” to BUZZ-OFF. It is also time to get serious about voting out the likes of Jon Tester. He is a follower, and he has picked the wrong mule to follow. The next decade is going to be the most dangerous in this nation’s history, and laced with seemingly unsolvable problems. In my opinion it makes no difference whether they are Democrats, Republicans or Independents. WE MUST ELECT SMART, WORLDLY PEOPLE WHO PUT COUNTRY FIRST AND SELF LAST!!!!! The division between Parties must end. We must become united. We have Hugo Chavez in South America, China with an enormous trade imbalance, and a resurgence of Russia (Soviet Union wannabes -- remember the Cold War) to contend with. After watching Tester for some time now, and reading his illogical positions in the news, it has become obvious he is not up to even understanding the magnitude of the threat. Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret.
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