You know, I wasn't too hot on Webb when he was running against George Allen, mainly I just wanted someone who would beat that bigot into the ground.

But since he's won I'm really starting to love the guy. Between his WSJ op-ed and snubbing Bush I figured I was really wrong about this guy.

Now reading about how he's kicking ass in the armed services committee? Damn I love my new senator from Virginia. This guy is going to be a complete terror for all the Republicans and Neocons who have been supporting this war. Here he is in the Senate Armed Services Committee, calling the assholes on their bullshit:

I also want to say something about my longtime friend, Senator McCain's comments when he was talking about the consequences of pulling out of Iraq and in your statement, Secretary Gates, you list some of these as an emboldened and strengthened Iran, a base of operations for jihadist networks in the heart of the Middle East, an undermining of the credibility of the United States. In many ways, quite frankly, those have been the results of the invasion and occupation. There's really nothing that's occurred since the invasion and occupation that was not predictable and in fact, most of it was predicted. It was predicted in many cases by people with long backgrounds in national security...and in many cases there were people who saw their military careers destroyed and who were personally demeaned by people who opposed them on the issues, including members of this administration. And they are people in my judgement, who will be remembered in history as having had a moral conscience.

Go Jim Webb!

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