NH Legislature Debates Iraq Resolution: Moron's in Politics

What a complete waste of time. Can't be binding, doesn't affect foreign policy, just pissing in the wind.

More than 30 residents and lawmakers spent the anniversary of the war's beginning in Representatives Hall debating a proposed resolution that, if passed, would express the Legislature's opposition to Bush's handling of the conflict. The resolution urges Bush and federal lawmakers to begin the "orderly withdrawal" of U.S. troops from Iraq, and it calls for the government to "fund fully" all veterans' benefits.

"We're in a civil war over there, trying to referee at the cost of American lives," said Rep. Paul McEachern, a Portsmouth Democrat who co-sponsored the proposal. With the conflict still raging, Bush decided earlier this year to send an additional 21,500 troops to Iraq. But McEachern blasted the proposed fix: "There has to be a political solution," he said.

Pre-empting criticism that the resolution - which deals with national policy - isn't fit for state legislative debate, McEachern deemed the House "the town square of New Hampshire."

McEachern is a MORON. Coming from that bastion of liberal stupidity, Portsmouth. The bellowing of these blowhards will have no effect and they puff themselves up trying to make it seem like it will.

The resolution's supporters acknowledged that the proposal won't force any policy change. But several residents expressed hope that similar resolutions throughout the nation could spur a change in course at the national level. Since November's election - when Democrats won control of the U.S. Congress - didn't bring an end to the conflict, a state resolution could help strengthen the chorus of anti-war voices, some said.

"It is my hope that a resolution calling for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq . . . will perhaps be the tipping point whereby the legislative and executive branches in Washington, D.C., might actually listen to the people," said Tom Barker of Laconia.

And New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation presidential primary could add to the resolution's import, said Rep. Jim Splaine, a Portsmouth Democrat who sponsored the proposal. "We in New Hampshire through the years have an unusual and very direct impact on national and international events."

The first primary in the country doesn't mean diddly except for those who are making money off the media and politicians who swarm here to get easy press time.

And like the good defeatists you get comments like this:

The resolution's supporters - who outnumbered opponents at yesterday's hearing - argued that Bush set in motion a failed strategy that only served to inflame anti-American sentiment overseas. Any solution to the conflict would be political, not military, some said.

"No matter how brave and noble and strong our military is, there is no way to confront this threat militarily all across the globe," said Janet Ward of Contoocook.

Pretty clear proof that they are clueless. The solution in Iraq requires multiple parts to the solution. Diplomatic, Informational, Military, and Economic solutions. Known as DIME. Thinking that the military portion is impossible is foolish in that it is the most necessary portion which provides security to the people of Iraq and allows them to move into the other portions of the solution. Of course, after reading this article, it is quite clear that these people haven't any idea, and aren't looking for one. As for Janet Ward, she clearly has proven that she is an idiot. I'd love to know what she thinks the solution to global terrorism is.

The reason that this debate is occurring should be obvious. This is political grandstanding and clarifying where you stand for the next election. Not that it is relevant to NH politics at the state level. And this is from a legislature that still can't figure out how to fairly fund public schooling. Nice to see they are spending so much time on state business instead of screwing off on something completely irrelevant.