It May Get Uglier In Iraq

Is Acknowledging a 100 Year Old Crime Worth One Soldier's Life Today?

With this news pushing to the front, the situation in Iraq and the wider region could boil over. Did Turkey commit genocide on Armenians in World War I? Absolutely. Is it necessary for Congress to make an official proclamation about it when we have thousands of our soldiers in harm's way?

The Democrats must know that what they are doing is causing tensions to rise in Turkey, and by extension in Iraq. Where was the fervor to acknowledge this crime in the last nine decades? Assuming that they are aware of the implications, how do they explain the need for such a proclamation nearly 100 years later when our soldiers may experience a direct impact in their theater of operations?

They can't. This petty behavior at such a perilous crossroads causes me to almost lose faith in our system of government. If the Democrats want to behave like petulant jackasses, let them do it with issues that won't get soldiers killed. Or, they could be adults and do their electioneering with the strength of their own alternatives.

The problem with the last sentence is that, if nothing else, the Democrats as a whole have demonstrated that while they have plenty of hot air, they have no ideas. It takes an idea to create an alternative.

A party built on dissent has no vision. Will Americans follow the blind? We'll find out for better or worse in 2008.

Obama: Genocide No Big Deal?

From the Full Story at Forbes via Associated Press:

"Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said Thursday the United States cannot use its military to solve humanitarian problems and that preventing a potential genocide in Iraq isn't a good enough reason to keep U.S. forces there."

At least the clarity from Obama shines through. We set up the potential genocide, like it or not. Now we'll just go home. Hey, they're only Iraqis after all.

If one is looking for insights into the soul of this man, that sentence should cover some ground.