At a meeting today with large numbers of Democratic Congressmen, Vice President Joe Biden praised them for their support for the assorted wars the Obama Adminsitration has decided to fight, conceding that he understood the votes were “difficult.”
Biden went on to insist that it was vital for the US to “keep the commitment of this administration as it relates to Afghanistan” and thanks the Congressmen for their “courage” in supporting the continuation of the occupation, despite the massive unpopularity and growing death toll of the war.
Biden promised that the administration would strengthen its ties to the new, Republican House, which swept to power in November’s election following the massive unpopularity of so many of the Democratic votes.
To that end there appears to be a growing split between the long-standing House Republicans, who are eager to rubber stamp anything that means a continued war, and the large influx of new Congressmen, elected to address concerns about fiscal irresponsibility, including the spiraling military budget.
“Biden Thanks House Dems for Supporting War”
Yeah, thanks for nothing assholes.
Nazi scum is Nazi scum regardless of the Ruling Party's fraction they subscribe themselves to.
Everyone should read the book "The Authoritarians." It is a study by a Canadian academic of the trend toward extreme authoritarianism in the U.S. It is frightening, but undoubtedly based on the conduct of the government during recent decades the conclusions are valid. Unfortunately, the author appears to have supported Obama and his agenda for "change" believing (like many of us) that he was the real thing, when, in reality he is only the most recent of three "Ivy League Idiot" presidents sponsored by those who benefit from government authoritarianism, war and corruption. What is even more unfortunate is that crazy Joe Biden is next in line. This guy does not have a clue or any principles whatsoever. He is very similar to the current governor or Illinois, Patrick Quinn.
Who would you think that would com out and thank house "democrats" for their vote on wars.. Rockefeller or the Ketchup man Karry.., in the other hand he also needs to thank Bush, Cheney and Clinton for their part in starting wars from Balkan to Afghanistan otherwise he and people like him who call themselves "democrats" wouldn’t have jobs to start their day by continuing old wars and thinking to start new ones.
Speaking of rising casualties two more US soldiers were reported killed in Afghanistan, and were not reported by Antiwar or the media at large. Another soldier died in Helmand province on Thursday and a female soldier Amy R. Sinkler was killed by an RPG in Baghlan province also on Thursday, January 20,
2011. This is the second woman killed in Afghanistan in three weeks. Somehow that is not a news story to Jason Ditz who prefers vague statements to the facts when reporting on the Obama war.