The Democrat controlled Congress passed their defeatist war funding bill and the President fulfilled his vow to veto it. Now we are back to square one. The war is still being waged and the money needed to wage the war is still being used as a political weapon by both sides. Democrats have promised to find a way to force an end to the war. The President has vowed to support the war until Iraq is stable. And all the while our troops continue to fight and die.

Our military leaders will tell you that there is only one end to a war. Someone wins and someone loses. There are no half measures. You can’t simply decide one day that you’ve had enough and you don’t ant to fight anymore. Well actually you can but it isn’t called ending the war. It’s called surrender. Simply saying that we are done fighting is not a sign of strength or decisiveness or a change in priorities. It is a surrender. It is pulling out and giving the enemy, the people who have been killing your troops and planning the insurgency, victory.

I have said before that the more the Democrats and anti-war camp try to push timelines and troop withdrawal dates on the war effort, the more they are inspiring the enemy to continue to fight. They are giving the enemy hope. They are giving them a way to victory. There is only one way out of a war. You either win it or you lose it. There is no middle ground. We can talk about a truce or a draw, but there is no such thing. The enemy wants us out of Iraq so they can move in, take power and establish a safe haven for anti-American terrorists. If we pull out of Iraq before the country is able to defend itself form these terrorists then we are giving them their victory. And if they win, we lose.

If the anti-war side would call their plan for “withdrawal” or “moving on” what it really is then perhaps the American people would see the folly and the betrayal in their actions. It is a surrender. Those who are calling for us to leave Iraq, cut and run and bring the troops home are asking our service men to run up a white flag and surrender. They are asking for us to concede. They are asking the American public to admit and accept defeat in a war that can still be won if given the support it needs.