Why are Iraq war supporters afraid of a nonbinding anti-surge resolution?

Question

Vietnam proved that surges were useless. The US poured thousands upon thousands of additional troops into Vietnam, and it did nothing but add to the casualty count.

And lest you say "because the insurgents will know America has lost its will", well, they know that already. They knew that from the get-go from the half-arsed way the Bush administration went about it in the first place.

And this resolution is nonbinding anyway. So what are you so afraid of?

Reality?

Answer 1

Because they are, like Bush, afraid to admit their fundamental mistake - having supported a war based on lies for the past 5 years.

Congress has important oversight role in war. The constitution gives them the duty to declare war, to fund war, and to set rules for the administration of the military. The issue isn't Congress stepping up to their responsibility - it's that they had been shirking that responsibility before in the shadow of a bully president (and in the case of the GOP - in direct complicity with the fraud, corruption, and treason intrinsic to the rush to war with Iraq).

Answer 2

You're right. It is non-binding. So why are they wasting time on it to begin with?
Their job is to legislate, not set foreign policy nor agree/disagree with the President. I'd rather see them do what they were sent up there to do, not bicker with the President.
Let's get them back to discussing tax reform, illegal immigration, and things they were elected to work on..