RNC--The evil and secret Democrat Party "Slow Bleed" strategy

[TexasLawyer]

I just received an e-mail from my good friends at the Republican National Committee, alerting me to the nefarious and up-to-now secret plans of the Democrat Party to kill our troops.

:crazy::crazy::crazy: I thought y'all should know about it. :crazy::crazy::crazy:

Dear <TexasLawyer>,

The Democrat strategy on Iraq is finally clear.

We've known all along that they want to cut and run before the job is done. But they've been afraid to confront President Bush directly. Today, Democrat Rep. John Murtha let slip what he and Nancy Pelosi really intend to do, and it is genuinely frightening.

They call it their 'slow-bleed' plan. Instead of supporting the troops in Iraq, or simply bringing them home, the Democrats intend to gradually make it harder and harder for them to do their jobs. They will introduce riders onto bills to prevent certain units from deploying. They will try to limit the President's constitutional power to determine the length and number of deployments. They will attempt to keep the Pentagon from replacing troops who rotate out of Iraq. They may even try to limit how our troops operate by, for example, prohibiting our armed forces from creating and operating bases in Iraq.

'Slow-bleed' is exactly the right name for this incredibly irresponsible and dangerous strategy. Cutting and running is bad enough. But the Murtha-Pelosi 'slow-bleed' plan is far worse. It is a cynical and dangerous erosion of our ability to fight the terrorists while we still have men and women on the ground in Iraq. It will put their lives in far greater danger, as resources slowly dry up. How can our troops operate without bases? How can they fight without backup?

'Slow-bleed' cannot become law. Luckily, we have an opportunity to stop it. The Murtha plan depended on stealth. Now, however, the press has broken the story. And now we can act.

Click Here to read the full story on the Democrats' secret plan. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0207/2751.html

Write a letter to your editor today. Spread the word that we cannot abandon our men and women in Iraq. Because that is exactly what would happen if the 'slow-bleed' plan becomes a reality.

[robinlynne]

1. speechless, or I'd reply.

[diane in sf]

2. I suppose that's slow bleed

as opposed to great gushes of arterial bleeding

[xxqqqzme]

3. those publicans lost me w/

'...The Democrat(sic) strategy....' had trouble after that.

[Sapere aude]

4. How the hell can there be a secret plan when everyone supposedly knows it and

Pelosi and Murtha supposedly talked about it? And the press has broken the story?


More scare tactics to get power.

[TexasLawyer]

5. "slow bleed" must be a new talking point

for members of the media echo chamber:

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_070214.htm

Political Bulletin
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
WASHINGTON NEWS
Democrats Plan "Slow-Bleed" Strategy

As the House debate on a non-binding resolution against the President's Iraq strategy gets underway, House Democratic leaders are making it clear the anti-surge vote (expected Friday) is only the beginning. USA Today notes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said yesterday, "A vote of disapproval will set the stage for additional Iraq legislation, which will be coming to the House floor." Pelosi offered no explanation of what that legislation might be, and media accounts in several major news outlets including all three network newscasts didn't delve into the issue.

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[TexasLawyer]

6. The National Review repeats it too

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Bleed the Troops

It’s the new strategy of congressional leftists in league with anti-war groups:

Top House Democrats, working in concert with anti-war groups … will pursue a slow-bleed strategy designed to gradually limit the administration's options.

Led by Rep. John P. Murtha, D-Pa., and supported by several well-funded anti-war groups, the coalition's goal is to limit or sharply reduce the number of U.S. troops available for the Iraq conflict, rather than to openly cut off funding for the war itself.

The legislative strategy will be supplemented by a multimillion-dollar TV ad campaign designed to pressure vulnerable GOP incumbents into breaking with President Bush and forcing the administration to admit that the war is politically unsustainable.

02/14 01:24 PM

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NDNlYTM2NjU1ZTk3NTUwYjAxNjUzOWQ4NmUxMzAzNjc=