Today's Washington Examiner is reporting on the House Democrat's plan to pass a war funding bill this week that includes 15 billion in domestic spening, including $10 billion to cover the salaries of about 140,000 public school employees.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates has stated that he needs the $33 billion in the war spending bill to fund defense operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
So far the House has been unwilling to take up the Senate version of the war spending bill because they want to add domestic spending that they are not able to get passed any other way.
There is also a move among liberal Democrats to attach a withdrawal date to any funding for the war.
Admittedly, this has been a long war, and I wonder if the average American has the desire to see it through. We need to look at some of the consequences of letting politicians (rather than the military) set a withdrawal date. Why in the world would the Taliban negotiate with someone who is going to be gone in a year anyway? Why in the world would the average Afghan help an American knowing that in a year that American would not be there to protect him? We need to remember that September 11th began in Afghanistan because the Taliban were in control and planned the attack. We have a choice--eliminate the Taliban or accept the fact that events like September 11th will occur in our country on a regular basis.
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