Kennedy Needs to resign now!

The New York Christian Coalition expresses a deep sense of outrage concerning remarks made by legislators like Ted Kennedy who are giving aid and comfort to the enemy for their own political ends. His continual characterization of the war as a “quagmire” and his accusations of incompetence directed at the Secretary of Defense are so beyond the pale that it would only make sense if he were on the Al Quaida payroll.

It is time we acknowledge that there are legislators who are deliberately attempting to undermine our efforts against terrorism to advance their own political agendas. To these legislators all politics is “politics” even when it involves the lives of our young men and women overseas.

Every intelligent team of parents knows how important it is to present a united front to effectively raise children. If you demonstrate division the children tend to take advantage of it for their own purposes. How much more does that principle apply when you’re talking about defending a nation?

This does not mean we cannot question policies. We, in fact, have a responsibility to do so when there is a valid concern. But you do it behind closed doors, not in a public arena where the world press magnifies such criticism and uses it against our own troops.

Either these legislators are totally ignorant or totally devious. In either case they must be held accountable for their misdeeds. This behavior must not be condoned if we are to remain the great nation we have become. Senator Kennedy should resign immediately.