Who wants to support the trops?

As Scott Ott at Scrappleface has nailed it,

Moments after Republicans in the senate blocked a Democrat attempt to vote on a non-binding resolution expressing disapproval of a U.S. troop surge in Iraq, Majority Leader Harry Reid hailed the non-vote as “perhaps the greatest Democrat military accomplishment of the past 40 years.”

Reid is upset because the House did what he could not get the Senate to do, pass a non-binding resolution of support for the enemy. Oh, no, wait, that's not how it was worded. Here is the text of the House Resolution 63, Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq:

Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.

Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That--

(1) Congress and the American people will continue to support and protect the members of the United States Armed Forces who are serving or who have served bravely and honorably in Iraq; and

(2) Congress disapproves of the decision of President George W. Bush announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq.

The results were almost predictable. With 231 Democrats out of the 435 total representatives, the majority was guaranteed along party lines. What was not quite so predictable was that 17 Republicans sided with the majority. They are

1. Michael N. Castle of Wilmington, DE
2. Howard Coble of Greensboro, NC
3. Tom Davis of Vienna, VA
4. John J. Duncan Jr. of Knoxville, TN
5. Phil English of Erie, PA
6. Wayne T. Gilchrest of Kennedyville, MD
7. Bob Inglis of Travelers Rest, SC
   
8. Timothy V. Johnson of Urbana, IL
9. Walter B. Jones of Farmville, NC
10. Ric Keller of Orlando, FL
11. Mark Steven Kirk of Highland Park, IL
12. Steven C. LaTourette of Concord Township, OH
13. Ron Paul of Surfside, TX
14. Thomas E. Petri of Fond du Lac, WI
15. Jim Ramstad of Minnetonka, MN
16. Fred Upton of St. Joseph, MI
17. James T. Walsh of Syracuse, NY
    

Also surprising was the fact that two Democrats actually opposed the resolution:

1. Jim Marshall of Macon, GA
2. Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis, MS
   

Was the President's decision to send more tropos correct? I have mixed thoughts about this, but General Petraeus seems to think so. He also thinks the resolution will in fact, accomplish two things:

1. Demoralize our own troops
2. Give aid and comfort to the enemy
   

But since the left values feelings over results, that's just what the doctor ordered.
Rant off.