A group of bloggers have launched a new petition drive titled We Win, They Lose, to encourage the Democratic-lead Congress to stop trying to force the surrender of America in Iraq. I've signed it, and hope you will too. Here's the text of the letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
Congress has passed and President Bush has vetoed H.R. 1591, the Iraq Surrender Act of 2007. This legislation, which you worked to pass, sets a timetable for surrender. It pulls the rug out from under our troops. That is shameful and wrong.
Your actions have already emboldened the enemy. Violent jihadists now know that the elected leadership of Congress would undermine the troops by holding their funding hostage to demands for surrender.
This Congress would bring us back to the dark days of the 1970s, when the world doubted our staying power. Except only much worse. Withdraw in April 2008, and on May 1, Iraq becomes an unchecked den of terrorism at the heart of the Middle East -- a new base for the same people that struck our homeland on September 11th.
I stand with our troops. I stand for victory. I support the President's veto and will urge my representatives to vote to sustain it.
There can be one and only one outcome in Iraq: We win, they lose.
The We Win, They Lose coalition takes its name from a famous Ronald Reagan quote about the Cold War with the Soviet Union. When it came to defeating the Soviets, Reagan made it simple: "We win, they lose." Now more than ever, the defeatists in Congress must hear that same message, that America will never surrender. You can sign the petition at wewintheylose.com.
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