Jim Webb Fights for His Amendment
By: Lowell
Published On: 7/11/2007 5:41:38 PM
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Only an unschooled civilian (Teddy - 7/11/2007 6:46:16 PM)
mentality would fail to understand the requirement for re-training, installing new equipment, and bringing a unit back up to combat-ready strength, which is exactly what Senator Webb's amendment contemplates. This appalling politicization of such a piece of legislation is more evidence, if any were needed, that the current republican power structure has no, repeat no understanding of the military and the use of the military. How do they expect the military will members will react when they learn of this betrayal of trust by the republicans? Or, do they plan on censoring information of the Webb amendment? The spin will have to be really intense. Any respect I may have had still for the leadership of this president and his minions has been flushed away.
Seriously, Teddy (LAS - 7/11/2007 7:43:45 PM)
What respect could you possibly have left for this so-called president? That he is a good brush-clearer? And as for his minions--what good can be said about them? That they know how to kiss a$$ really, really, really well?
Shame on them! Shame on them all!
Respect for the office (Teddy - 7/11/2007 8:25:32 PM)
no matter how poor the occupant, but this occupant has so debased the office one can only be filled with disgust and despair.
Webb statement (Lowell - 7/11/2007 8:17:44 PM)
Washington, DC?The following is a statement by Senator Jim Webb following a 56-member vote in favor of his amendment to ensure responsible troop deployment cycles, four votes short of the threshold necessary to receive a final up-or-down vote:
?A clear majority of the Senate?56 Members ? sent a strong message today in favor of ensuring responsible deployment cycles for our men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. I regret that we did not reach the 60-vote margin that would have allowed this amendment to prevail. It was offered in the spirit of bipartisanship. It was offered with the intention of protecting the well-being of our troops.
?A Republican filibuster kept this amendment from passing by an up-or-down vote. Americans are tired of this kind of posturing. The troops and their families don?t want to hear about political, procedural maneuvers. What they really care about are results. They are looking for concrete actions that will protect the well-being of our men and women in uniform.
?The question on this amendment is not whether you support this war or whether you do not. It is not whether you want to wait until July or September to see where one particular set of bench marks or summaries might be taking us. The question is this: more than four years into ground operations in Iraq, we owe stability, and a reasonable cycle of deployment, to the men and women who are carrying our nation?s burden. That is the question. And that was the purpose of this amendment.?
I can't helpt..... Damn I'm proud of Webb (Used2Bneutral - 7/12/2007 12:05:26 AM)
He has already taken our state back into the level of respect and influence that we haven't had in decades.... In my personal opinion, John Warner is and has been a good senator as well.... party lines aside, he also has typically voted with his concience and his heart, but the raw leadership and execution of Jim Webb as a freshman senator has been even more than I could ever have expected this fast, this strong, this well !!!!
I keep hearing the music playing in my memories from last summer and the fall of "Won't back down".... Now, we have it within our grasp to get Jim the back-up he needs at the local and state level for the follow through at all levels of government for this state.