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Hillary Claims Credit For Iraq Surge Success
(via Texas Rainmaker)MR. RUSSERT: If General Petraeus says, "Senator, in September you called the surge the suspension of belief. It has worked, and you know its worked"let me finish"you can see on the ground. Im saying to you, Senator, or president-elect Clinton, dont destroy Iraq. Its working, the surge is working. Keep troops there just a few more months to get this reconciliation complete." SEN. CLINTON: ...The point of the surge was to quickly move the Iraqi government and Iraqi people. That is only now beginning to happen, and I believe in large measure because the Iraqi government, they watch us, they listen to us. I know very well that they follow everything that I say. And my commitment to begin withdrawing our troops in January of 2009 is a big factor, as it is with Senator Obama, Senator Edwards, those of us on the Democratic side. It is a big factor in pushing the Iraqi government to finally do what they should have been doing all along. Nevermind the fact that she and the others have opposed the surge the whole time. Or the fact she disgracefully told General David Petraeus, to his face and on the record, that to believe his progress report on the success of the surge in Iraq would "require a willing suspension of disbelief." Or the fact she voted against a bill expressing support for General Petraeus. Or the fact she and the others voted against a bill to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yeah, in spite of all of that, SHE deserves credit for the success of the troop surge. Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-01-14 |
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