…is there anyone out there asking how this move will improve the US security posture in the region, long term national security, or long term strategic interests in the Middle East and around the world, especially when al Qaeda is still active in I…..

Whenever I hear any Congresscritter complain about the ‘lack of supplies’ I do remember who sets the plans, outlays, budgets, and actually ensures that these things get bought: Congress. I have problems complaining about the execution of any War when those in charge of the logistics, supply and outlay of the entire DoD do not do their job. That is Congress.

Complain about lack of supplies? Congress.
Complain about not enough production? Congress.
Complain about beat up equipment? Congress.

That is their job to ensure these things are planned for and addressed and, as we are reminded BY THEM, they will jolly well spend MORE if they think it needs to be done and they have done so for decades… on Pork. Lots of Pork put into the DoD which detracts from their jobs as they must track those projects above and beyond their normal duties of defending the Nation. Yes, Pork has taken precedence over bullets.

Those in Congress complain about the Executive when it is THEIR job to keep things running smoothly and the supplies coming rapidly. Not the Executive’s.

Perhaps we could retreat from Congress and re-think the scenario a bit? Because it certainly is a quagmire in that swampland reclaimed to situate the Capitol.

The left trumpets the statistic that 60-some-odd % of Americans don’t approve of the way the war is run. That may be true, however, a good 20% of those just believe we need to do it harder.