Jack Kingston: “I want to say this, that if the troops in Baghdad watched what Congress was doing today, they would be outraged.…”

“I want to say this, that if the troops in Baghdad watched what Congress was doing today, they would be outraged. Fortunately for us in the Free World, they do not sit around and watch C-SPAN and what silly politicians do. They live in a real world where there are real bullets. This resolution, on the other hand, is not real. It is a political whip check designed for press releases. It is nonbinding. The Democrat National Chairman, Howard Dean, famously said: "The idea that we are going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." Speaker Pelosi called the war "a grotesque mistake." So if the situation in Iraq is so hopeless, and unwinnable, why are we messing around with nonbinding resolutions? If the war is a lost cause and there is no longer an American interest, why do we not just go ahead and get out of there now? It is not worth another life or another dime. Conversely, if the cause is worthwhile, should we not fight to win? Nonbinding resolutions, Mr. Speaker, are great for the Democrat club back home, but for those of us who serve in Congress, we are the law of the land. We are elected to pass laws, fund wars and influence policies.”