Take the Pledge

Go here. Now.

Regular readers here already know I’m no fan of the way the war in Iraq has been managed to date (nor any great fan of announced plans). But. I would never embrace the Democrap alternatives (“Run away! Run away!”) which amount to nothing less than endorsing utter and complete defeat.

Hugh Hewitt and TTLB have joined forces to push a pledge:

If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.

The pledge calls “a resolution… that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq” an “encouragement to the enemy,” but let’s not mince words here. The correct phrase is “aid and comfort to the enemy.”

Of course, none dare call it treason because such “aid and comfort” to the enemies of the United States has formed the successful basis of many “career” politicians’ *spit* lives (notably including Jean Fraud Kerry *gag-spit*).

Just call me “None” would you?

Go, sign the pledge. The Iraq War is not the single most important front in the War for the Soul of the West (I’d say that place goes to the war for the soul of Americans too complacent to actually give a damn about preserving their own lives, liberties and property, but who am I to make that call, eh? :-)), but it is an extremely important front right now.

Now, if only Hugh and TTLB would come up with a pledge aimed at honest border conrol…

Thanks, Layla, for the tipoff. I seem to have missed more than I had thought during the twc power outage.

Trackposted to The Pink Flamingo, Perri Nelson’s Website, The HILL Chronicles, Dumb Ox Daily News, and Big Dog’s Weblog, thanks to Linkfest Haven Deluxe.