Democrats Locate Balls, Become Emboldened

...and Bush predictably threatens to veto. That's really fine by me, because if Congress decides to do its job they'll simply send him bill after bill until it becomes clear that he's the problem, not them.

I think I'll talk more about this tomorrow, but here's one quick comment: can moron war supporters please stop using the tired and illogical "embolden our enemies" attack?

First of all, flying airplanes into buildings is about as bold as it gets, if we're talking about terrorists in general.

Second of all, if we're talking only about our enemies in Iraq then I would say that they probably get all the emboldening they can handle from seeing their country decimated and their family members killed.

Third, why do you care what our enemies think of the war anyway? Did people bite their nails over what Hitler thought of our war plans? If they're really as bad as you keep telling us they are then why should we give them any consideration at all, beyond that which it takes to keep them from murdering Americans?

And fourth, isn't it clear that guerrillas who are willing to fight a vastly superior military force every day - and who sometimes go on kamikaze missions - are already dedicated enough to their cause to ignore the relatively minor shifts in strategy being discussed in a big room across the ocean? This isn't a battle of wills, as Bush tries to paint it, and even if it was they're clearly "bold" enough to fight until either they run out of men or we leave the country, so let's drop the charade.

Can't you even switch it up, maybe use the term "galvanize" sometimes? Come on. Seriously though, I'm glad the Democrats kept this alive, and it'll be fun to watch Bush try to explain why he's vetoing a bill that a large majority of Americans support in its premise.