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Russ Feingold Waxes Poetic About Somalia

Now, for those who won’t believe that [cutting off funding] has ever been done or that it can't -- or they'd say – it can't be done, let me cite an example from not that long ago. On October 1993, Congress enacted an amendment sponsored by the senior senator from West Virginia cutting off funding – cutting of funding – for military operations in Somalia effective March 31, 1994.

That’s US Senator Russ Feingold declaring yesterday that the Democrats are more interested in getting credit for the eventual withdrawal of US troops from Iraq than they are in having it done in the manner that would be best for our national security. This isn’t news, but it’s still a little shocking to see the bald language. Let it sink in: Russ Feingold just said that the manner in which our troops left Somalia is worth repeating in Iraq. Given the damage done to our reputation in Somalia, I don’t know language strong enough to denounce Feingold.

Consider what Osama bin Laden had to say about the situation to which Feingold refers:

America left [Somalia] faster than anyone expected. It forgot all that tremendous media fanfare about the new world order, that it is the master of that order, and that it does whatever it wants. It forgot all of these propositions, gathered up its army, and withdrew in defeat, thanks be to God… We pray to God to give us his support and to make America ever more reluctant. God is capable of that.

We can all say that we knew it was coming. Gateway Pundit noted it back in August. David Drake wrote about it in September. And today, Red State compares Feingold’s plan to bin Laden’s inspiration.

I say it again: I don’t know language strong enough to denounce Feingold. This is not the moral high ground, Senator.