Yeah, That’ll Help. Sure.
There can’t be a war going on right now. Otherwise, it would be not only incredibly foolish, but downright dangerous to do something like this:
In other action, Republicans on the committee defeated a Democratic amendment that sought to force the Bush administration to reveal the budget for the controversial NSA espionage program.
The Democratic measure would have withheld 20% of the NSA’s budget unless the White House agreed to disclose how much was being spent on the domestic eavesdropping program.
Democrats have complained that the White House is refusing to provide information on the program to all members of the intelligence committee. Hoekstra noted that 11 of the 21 members of the House panel were getting briefed on the NSA operation, but he said the committee was still engaged in a “tug of war” with the administration for greater access.
As Captain Ed noted, the Dems have just unveiled a “plan” to make America more secure. Apparently, that plan involves punishing the President for perceived wrongs, regardless of the damage it might do to our national intelligence assets.
Someone is going to have to explain to me how, exactly, that helps make me safer or helps us prosecute the war more vigorously or effectively. Seems to me like hacking 20 percent from the NSA budget is going to put the pinch on a group we want to be more capable.
Then again, who am I? I’m certainly not an elected representative who is supposed to have our best interests at heart. Then again, House Democrats do fulfill the first part of that description, but not necessarily the second.
Does that make them unpatriotic? Probably not. Short-sighted, opportunistic, and reckless, sure. But probably not unpatriotic – unless you believe that it’s unpatriotic to put your own political interests before the physical safety of their constituents.
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Category: Fighting the Islamists, Political Pontifications
