Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Illlinois) sent chills up my spine with his impassioned comments in the Senate

[BigBearJohn]

"For those who argue that for the United States Congress
to engage in a bipartisan debate about our constitution
and our policy is somehow 'emboldening' the enemy,
or undercutting our troups. They are wrong.

"This debate is evidence about what a democracy is all
about.

"The president wants to send 21,000 more soldiers into Iraq
and this morning's Washington Post tells us they will go into
battle without the equipment they need. They will not have
the body armor. They will not have the vehicles. They will
not have the equipment they need to go into battle.

Now WHO is standing behind the troups when it comes to escalating
this war in Iraq? Those who question whether this is the
right policy in the right place or those who send 21,000 more
into battle and risk their lives without giving the rest that
they need, the time with their families, the equiment and
training that they need to come home safely?"

(emphasis added)

[PDJane]

1. And when Shrub bombs Iran?

And those men are stuck there, without armour, or vehicles, or planes, or support?

This is not the action of a democracy, folks.