Immortalized in an empty gesture
Iowa Republican Congressman Steve King plans on introducing a resolution to the House tomorrow that formally declares the Surge to be a military success. I am not sure what it is intended to accomplish, other than to give politicians on both sides an opportunity to bloviate.
One might argue that there is some political value in forcing liberals to take a formal stand on the progress of a war they declare irredeemably lost in the spring and early summer of 2007. But since we don’t hold members of congress to account for anything they say, even that is an exercise in futility.
The resolution appears to be purely symbolic, but I will skim the language for anything substantive once it is introduced and keep my eyes peeled for any particularly interesting rhetoric.
