It’s out in the open, for anyone who cares to see it. Treason, in the highest positions of our government. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) says that the war in Iraq is lost. Which of course is far from true. Unlike his fellow democrats who are content with boycotting General Petraeus’ reporting on war progress, Reid is at least willing to hear him out. And by hear him out, I mean ignore everything he says. But why? Why not listen to what he reports and then judge it on the merits. Answer: he and his party are invested in defeat. In his own words: “We’re going to pick up Senate seats as a result of this war.” But only if we lose. If we win, there’s no political spoils to be had by the party which has been crying defeat since the start. Therefore winning is off the table. They’re selling out the soldiers and surrending to Al Qaeda and Iran all for the sake of senate seats.

Whatever the eventual outcome in Iraq, I hope we can look back on this as hubris. A monumental political miscalculation for which the democrats suffered dearly. I hope there is enough sense left in the American electorate to punish these opportunists severely. So severly as to eradicate the dangerous and treasonous tendency to put political ascendancy above country. And to exorcize it from the entrenched political culture for generations. If not, if we as a people tolerate this, I see little hope for the republic.

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