SHOCKING THAT THEY SHOULD DO THIS - AT 7:38 A.M. ET:  One again the so-called "progressives" in Congress are looking for ways to arrange American military defeats.  There is nothing even vaguely "progressive" about these people at all.  They're reactionary leftists, and allies of dictators.  Congressional Quarterly reports:

The Out of Iraq Caucus, which formed nearly four years ago, has yet to achieve its main objective of a full U.S. troop withdrawal from that Middle Eastern nation, but it is beginning to turn its sights to another war zone: Afghanistan.

Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Ariz., co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, says he and other Out of Iraq Caucus members are thinking about putting a greater emphasis on Afghanistan.
In fact, he said, the name of the Out of Iraq Caucus could change to reflect the rising concerns of many liberal Democrats about the growing military commitment in Afghanistan, where U.S. troops have been searching for al Qaeda leaders and fighting a Taliban insurgency since October 2001.

"I think we see that we have the same problems in Afghanistan that we once had in Iraq: no end, no exit strategy, no clear end product of our presence there," Grijalva said.

COMMENT:  Ho hum, ho hum.  You can almost predict everything this crowd says and does.  The fact is, we've had some members of Congress like this since the 1920s.  There's always a small group ready to write poetry to Fidel, recall Ho Chi Minh with warmth, and claim that Hugo is misunderstood.  Pass 'em by.

April 21, 2009