Nothing but Shameful

The Associated Press article, through Washington Post:

Calls for an early withdrawal from Iraq are a mistake that will only embolden terrorists, the House resolved Wednesday. The resolution drew opposition from Democrats, who said it implied that questioning President Bush's Iraq policies is unpatriotic.

The measure, approved 291-137, says the United States should leave Iraq only when national security and foreign policy goals related to a free and stable Iraq have been achieved.

You know what the most ludicrous thing about this issue is? No, NOT the fact that this administration has no clue what to do next in Iraq. It's that from all the major American newspapers, I only found this article from the AP Political Wire and after a google search (because I hate the way Yahoo formats the stories). Instead, the SAME biography/credentials of John G. Roberts, Jr. floats on the FRONT PAGE of the mainstream media. Or some rating/restriction on the Grand Theft Auto San Andreas or whatever(note my complete indifference on this subject).

It's so sad how nobody cares.

I don't mean through the display of "Support our troops!" bumper stickers... Throwing parties for leaving and returning soldiers...

I frankly don't understand why some of these men and women voluntarily went overseas to Iraq and surrounding regions. Was it the sense of honor and duty? It's so remarkable and noble... but have we (and by that, I'm also pointing at the government folks) kept up our side of this duty? Have we maintained the freedom and liberty AT HOME for which they're fighting ABROAD?

Apparently... not really.

The intelligence panel's version, sponsored by Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), would make the Patriot Act permanent and would also allow the FBI to issue administrative subpoenas and to more easily monitor mail as part of terrorism investigations, as advocated by the Bush administration.

Mark my words. ANY extension in ANY form of the Patriot Act is a bastardization of the fundamental principles for which our soldiers are DYING and is a perpetuation of the great hypocrisy that constitutes American foreign policy.