Nathan Deal, Georgia's 9th District Congressman

Ever feel like you know more than your government?

Here's a small sample to reinforce that feeling. From the official webpages of Nathan Deal. Direct Link to the page being reproduced here.

Rep. Deal Floor Statement on Iraq

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this resolution, and I readily admit that I don't know for sure what the best policy is in this fight against radical Islamic groups. With all due respect, I don't think any other Member of this body does either. Much of what we have heard this week are words based on emotions, and not facts.

In the midst of such uncertainty, I do believe there are certain opinions that are factually sound. Number one, the greatest weapon our enemy has is the loss of resolve on the part of the American people. Two, what this Congress does significantly affects that resolve of the American people. Three, this resolution is a major signal that America has lost its resolve.

If we succumb to an attitude of defeat, then defeat is what will occur. I will simply ask, if we don't want to engage radical Islam in Iraq, then where? If we don't want to engage radical Islam now, then when?

If we cannot answer these questions, be assured that our enemy will provide us with the answers. I am not willing to vote for a resolution that I believe does just that. It is true that the Iraqis must truly step forward and want to govern themselves. President Bush has set out markers by which they will be measured. We should hold them to these reasonable standards.

Tonight I stand with our troops, and I thank them and their families for their service.

Let's ask some serious questions about this "statement" made on the floor of the Congress.

What day was it made? We don't know based on the prideful publisher. It's not dated.

Which resolution is Mr. Deal speaking against? We don't know as again, Mr. Deal's webpages do not give that information.

Is Nathan Deal saying that the troops in Iraq were sent there to fight a religious war? Well, look at what he actually says into this cyber space vacuum he created.

"I simply ask, if we don't want to engage radical Islam in Iraq, then where? If we don't want to engage radical Islam now, then when?"

Clearly, as Deal said early on in his floor statement, he doesn't know much about policy. He doesn't seem to know much about the Presidents rational for sending 150,000 troops into Iraq five years ago.

There wasn't a religious government in Iraq prior to our invasion. Prior to the invasion, Iraq had a despotic dictator with strong ties to the Reagan Administration. Reagan established normal diplomatic relations with Saddam using Donald Rumsfield as Personal Presidential Envoy. Envoy Rumsfeld's video shaking hands with Saddam can be downloaded from the National Security Archives through this link. The link and the video show Rumsfeld shaking Saddam's hand 15 months after Saddam slaughtered his own citizens in Du'jail, Iraq. The new Iraqi government sentenced Saddam to death for that atrocity. Press Release

So does anyone on Nathan Deal's staff know what the Congressman from Georgia was talking about? If not, ask the great man. When all that gets figured out, let the 9th District know exactly what our Congressman is doing, will you?

And, ask Congressman Deal if he remembers voting for Public Law, 107-243, Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces against Iraq? Full text of the resolution at this link.

Or is he one of those I voted for it before I voted against it kind of guys? The kind that wouldn't fight rather than switch.

My apologies to cigarette smokers who'd rather fight than switch.