What the Hell Was That All About?

Would someone please explain to me exactly how the House resolution supporting the troops actually supported the troops? Did it get them any more body armour or protection in the field? Did it get them any closer to finishing their mission? Did it enlighten them -- or their commanders -- as to what exactly they're doing other than fighting a guerrilla war against an enemy that we created out of a pack of lies?

All we got out of this monumental waste of time was a bunch of soundclips for the mid-term elections and a lot of backroom manipulation that had nothing whatsoever to do with the war. For all the gasbaggery about supporting our troops and freedom fighting, it's clear that the Republicans mounted this legislative circle-jerk for the sole purpose of playing "Gotcha" with the Democrats, and the Democrats, to their shame, fell for it. Meanwhile, the war goes on, and the putative subjects of this ignoble exercise are no closer to getting out or even knowing how long they will be there.

Here's an idea. Let's charter a 747 and fly every member of the House that voted for the resolution to Iraq and actually support the troops. Let them be the ones to dish out the food, maintain the vehicles, order in the equipment, and get their rear echelon in gear. And they wouldn't be put up in some hotel in the Green Zone. No, let them bivouac along with the troops out in the sand with the flies and the heat. Let's see how long they'd last, and let's see how quickly they'd get their asses back to DC and vote to really support the troops. Even if it's clowns like these two.