Congress has earned share of blame for war mistakes

[ElHombre]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau...NlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Joseph L. Galloway is the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers and co-author of the national best-seller "We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young."

Years from now when the historians begin analyzing the deadly mistakes in Iraq and Afghanistan they will find that the one institution charged with standing guard between the civilian suits and the American troops in uniform that they command and send into harm's way utterly abdicated that vital responsibility.

The mistakes of omission and commission that abound in the record of two military operations - one necessary, the other not - were made by a president, a vice president and a secretary of defense and his civilian aides. But they would never have been allowed to stand uncorrected and swept under a convenient rock without the complicity of Congress, controlled by the same party that controlled the White House.

So when the time comes to point a finger don't forget those who people the marble halls of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives whose first duty seemed to be to protect the Republican Party and their president.

We might even suggest the creation of a Wartime Profiteering Commission like the one established during World War II. Chairmanship was handed to a little-known senator from Missouri named Harry S. Truman. He turned out to be a fireball when it came to getting the snouts out of the public trough. If you stole from the government, and cheated America's soldiers of the best equipment, arms and ammunition they deserved, Harry Truman put you out of business or in prison, or both. A Truman Commission is needed right now.

A Congress with a great deal more backbone is even more desperately needed.

[Bluezoo]

The author is very economical. Pilate is more credible with his denials than Clinton's nonfeasance before 9/11 and the democrats combined.

[Secret Squirrel]

I'm from a country that punked out of the sacred coalition which i love so much and i'm bitter.

There, all fixed. Interesting read and another example that some of those wearing the red R arent entirely happy with the current administration either.

[Bluezoo]

WTF Wah piang! Never was a member in the first place, and I thpought you should know by now, siao ting tong!

[ElHombre]

Interesting read and another example that some of those wearing the red R arent entirely happy with the current administration either.

if they're so unhappy with events then they might want to do something about it like vote against bush for a change. thus far, these guys have voted the party line.