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@Tatianna June 26th, 2009 5:16 pm ET - It would take political courage for Obama to declare victory in a war he claimed was lost.

Sweetheart, we cannot win this war. When people choose to strap bombs to their own bodies to make a point, they can't be reasoned with or controlled. The entire middle east is run by the their religious leaders (witness Iran), so it is impossible to defeat these people. They will die for their clerics. We should have never gone there anyway. We have to get over thinking we can control other nations. What we need to do is learn to accept and live with them as long as they are not a threat to us or our allies. The last war we fought that was winnable was WWII. We were in the right all the way and we won.

cnn is joke

awaitingliberalizationbyCNN June 26th, 2009 1:58 pm ET
Why can't these libs tell people why these congressman are voting against the pork laden bill which goes to support unions and ACORN more than the troops. Democrats are such liars.

Uh, do you read the news or just look at the pictures.

My guess is that they were voting against the garbage attached to the bill.....like the billions to the IMF. I object strenously to handing any more money over to them. The Dems can spin it anyway they want to but they insisted on adding unnecessary, irrelevant items to the bill. Shame on THEM. And shame on both parties for making it a common practice to slip in their pet agenda items and then pretend they're blameless when there are objections to the legislation.

It would take political courage for Obama to declare victory in a war he claimed was lost.

Wow ,this really tells you who is posting....CNN please tell the whole story! You Dems dont even know what was attached! Please finish high school before you post!

While an Illinois Senator, Obama voted against every war bill to fund our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a presidential candidate, Obama voted in support of war bills to fund our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Obviously, politics was the explanatory factor. Has dem congress stated a exit date in Iraq war bill that Obama must agree with or else he will not get war funds. In 2006, Dems took control of congress and tried micromanaging Iraq war via war fund bills. They made stipulations that Bush must agree to (exit date) or risk not having Iraq war funds. Hmm, I totally forgot, that was then and this is now.

See my Republicans 'friends'. What goes around comes around. If it is at all possible you @sses, try to think about something besides your own political careers. Bush got us sucked into this mess so we have to keep funding the troops until we can get them home safely.

And J.P. you should choke on your coffee. Being a flower child, which I was, did not mean that we didn't care about the troops. We hated the war that dragged on for years. We hated the way that we could not plan our lives because of that d@mned war. God Bless the troops, our troops, now and for always. And may someday we learn to live without war. Yeah, you got it, I'm a peacenik too! We did not express ourselves the way we should, but at least we were passionate about something.

A vote against the funding increase is not a vote against the troops. It's a vote against the politicians and elite officer corps who have lost all respect for the troops they command. It is a vote against The Bush Doctrine of preventive war. A doctrine of never ending continuous conflict with no clear concept of victory. Americans would be best advised to bring this Doctrine to an end before 2010. That's when Obama will run out of soldiers. That's when he'll come for your children.

this is a truly bitter board – sorry folks obama won – it's a new day in america – and you are not part of it. your day is over!

ta!

lol... silly Republicans.... like YOUR guys didn't treat the troop funding bill like a christmas tree.
Hypocrites. Never vote for your ilk again. You betcha.

What a shock! I hope this add runs in all of the states currently full of in-breds. Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas (just to name a few).

Can we create an immigration office for California. One that will keep Dan Lungren from reentering the state.

Politics does tend to get in the way of avowed core beliefs. Or maybe it is a woman in Argentina.

How sad are the Dem`s.....they make me want to through up!

And Obama threatened to Veto is because it had extra spending in it he didn't want. Jeebus, Dems sure can be hypocritical.

The real question is what else was attatched to the bill, as normal CNN doesn't tell the whole story........

It is sad to say but the Republicans will do anything and everything to vote against President Obama, even voting against funds for the troops. They gave the incompetent Bush administration, who took us into this disasterous war of choice, a blank check and if a Democrat voted against Bush's funding, they were "Not supporting the troops."
Now, in the office of the presidency, sits an intelligent, clear-thinking man working hard to correct the many problems created by Bush. I have little respect for the Republicans but, if they would work with the president to help clean up the messes he inherited, I might one day again vote Republican. Sadly , I never see that happening.

Republicans support our troops but not the closing of Gitmo–as the Pres to take that out

Why oh why do these Republicans hate America so much that they would cut our soldiers loose in the middle of a war without the funding they so desparately need to come back home alive? Shame on the Republicans for wanting the terrorists to win and wanting our brave heroes to die in the desert!

Does anyone truly expect anything different from the most obviosly partisan party in the country? These people would vote against their grandmother if it meant defeating a Democratic bill. I thought Congress was supposed to work for the best for the people, not to make political points for thier party, but then when you deal with the least moral party ever and some of the most deceitful and lieing of all politicians, the Good Ole GOP ( Greedy Old Pigs) what else can you expect except the absolute worst actions any politician could ever contemplate, they are after all only the dumbest and most reprehensible party in the USA.

This ad campaign stinks...and I voted Democrat. Shame on the DCCC for sinking as low as Bush. Support our troops by bringing them home.

I thought the GOP loves funding the troops and the democrats hate to. Or at least that's what politicians repeatedly said for the past years. I guess now that the democrats are in power republicans suddenly see even troop spending as wasteful? And where is the outrage from the liberals, where are the calls to end the war and the war funding?

wow....just wow

All that changed is the emergence of the party of No's increasing goose steppng to the "party before country" credo.

Admittedly the GOP is upset 'cause no one supports them...and so called leaders like John Boner necessarily have to protect whatever integrity they think they still have after blindly supporting a Moron for 8 years and after supporting his illegal, hitleresque invasion and occupation of the sovereign countries of Iraq and Afghanistanl where the latest body count continues....4315 body bags from Iraq....715 from afghainstan...AND counting! my question for these clowns, of BOTH sides of the SAME party..Republican AND Democrat..and as much as everyone thought change was coming...I wish one of these clowns would explain to me just exactly, except for words he reads on his teleprompter, the difference between what is now obama's war on iraq and afghanistan, and what the Morons' was....obama is continuing to fund the war on Iraq (the ending of which was what initially prompted him to seek the presidency) and to ESCALATE the war on Afghanistan–regardless of calling it a SURGE (oh..wasn't that from the Moron's dictionary, too....hmmm..just as the Moron who preceded him did. The repubs should thank Obama! in closing, it appears that where 911 was the best thng that ever happened for the Moron, as he ignored the economy to the point where it became obama's primary issue...which, being the cyclical nonsense it appears to be, allows HIM to forget, even as more servicemen died in Iraq in the month of May than since Sept of last year...END THIS UNWINABLE WAR AND STOP THE FOLLY!

A taste of GOP medicine, I love it!!!

The difference between Bush wanting money for the troops and Obama wanting money for the troops is that Obama wants the money to go to the troops and Bush wanted the money to go to Haliburton and Blackwwater.

I am an Independent appalled at the obnoxious, obfuscating, arrogant, narcissisms, and audacious over-reaching of BO and his thugs!

What more can possibly be said about Republicans and hypocracy. Whether it is funding for troops; sex scandals, health care, name it; you have to wonder how they keep a straight face over how morally superior they are over those dreaded liberal Democrats! Talk about do as I say and NOT as I do!!! How any American can identify with a party that shoots itself in the head every week is beyond me.

Reps. Ken Calvert and Dan Lungren of California, Charlie Dent and Jim Gerlach of Pennsylvania, Mike McCaul of Texas, Joe Wilson of South Carolina and Lee Terry of Nebraska – have it coming if they're just playing partisan politics with our soldiers lives. I hope the ovters remember these shameful hypocritical records when reelection time rolls around.

What's sauce for the goose often turns out to be sauce for the gander as well ... republicans couldn't give Bush enough money fast enough but now they proclaim to be fiscally conservative ... ha ha ha ... just spilled my coffee laughing so hard. Does the GOP think we are all stupid with no memories?

Let the battles, among other things, begin with a boisterous bang. GOP has stopped learnin' lessons from the past.

A spoon full of honey, makes their medicine go down. They were not wearing their flag pins, which means they are not patriot's, and had toilet paper stuck to their shoes when they came out of the toilet. Argentina where are you.

Im elated to know we have a hard time funding this war (That we were lied into anyway) but its not that hard to wanna give away millions to other countries...troops should be taken care of by the government they fight for...no ifs, ands, or buts there. Im active duty and its sickening...

Thank you CNN for your in depth reporting. You did not mention why they did not vote for this bill. I will help inform you. It was because billions were in their that did not involve the troops. Please explain how billions to the IMF helps our troops, and our president is thinking of vetoing this because of the f-22 inclusion, so I maybe these reps just agree with the president. I think it has more to do with wasteful spending.

Obama then: voting for Bush war is bad.
Obama now: voting for MY way plans is good
Here's a new thought – how about bringing the troops home – no really

Dems critisizing Repubs for voting against Obama's war effort? Think about you sheep.

Thank you CNN for rpoving my point: RNC is the same as DNC in more ways than they are different.

Let the political games begin. "He doesn't support the troops because he voted against the bill (that had an unrelated rider in that we snuck in hoping to force him to vote for it)."

I wished all had voted against. Do all politician's think we are
stupid. Why do our great politician's (lol) add spending to a bill that
has nothing to do funding our troops!! I m so sick of all the back door
deals.

With a Democrat in the White House, the GOP will vote no because thyet know they can't get their filthy hand on any of it.

Good! What goes around, comes around GOPathetics!

Why can't these libs tell people why these congressman are voting against the pork laden bill which goes to support unions and ACORN more than the troops. Democrats are such liars.

It was called treason and unAmerican, six years ago.

CNN, your reporting is really sad. You totally fail to mention the reason for most of the "no" votes was because of a rider in the bill to increase the funding to the IMF to the tune of $5,000,000,000, that's BILLION with a B.

Why should we borrow money from China to give to the IMF to give to third world countries? Why not let China donate the money directly and get us out of the middle?

Hey Boehner and Cantor, where's the support for the troops? Hypocrites. Apparently the House GOP members only care about our troops when they're needed to jam through a GOP vote. Disgusting...