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| 2007-04-21 |
| Eugene Volokh, April 20, 2007 Middle Eastern Media Take Up Reid's "War Is Lost": Iranian Press TV reports, in response to Reid's statement: Leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, has said the US has lost the Iraq war, and Bush's troop surge has failed.... Reid's comments came a day after 200 fatalities were reported in bombings in Iraq, despite a much touted US Security Plan which the White House said sought to root out insurgency." A Republican party e-mail also reported the following as translations of items from Al-Jazeera Online, and Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, "The Leading Arabic International Daily"; please let me know if the translations are inaccurate: "Yesterday the leader of the Democratic majority in Congress, Harry Reid, announced that he conveyed to Bush that the United States lost the war in Iraq and that the additional America forces that were sent there will not succeed in the achievement of any positive progress." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #10 Reid should realize he's on thin ice when our enemies quote him for talking points. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-04-21 22:45 |
| #9 Harry's backtracking - he didn't figure anyone was listening, LOL: As a backlash continued Friday against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's remarks that the war in Iraq is "lost," he dropped that term and called for a responsible ending to the war. "I said it yesterday; I say it again. The longer we continue down the president's path, the further we will be from responsibly ending this war," Reid said in a Senate speech. He said Democrats "take a back seat to no one in supporting our troops, and we will never abandon our troops in a time of war." watch the RGJ.com and LVRJ.com (Reno gazette and Las Vegas Review Journal....the two most powerful papers in the state) ...Harry's not impressing anyone, and the hometown crowd is embarrassed |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-04-21 21:05 |
| #8 Shit. I've got a tree if anyone has a rope. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-04-21 18:52 |
| #7 Lieberman: "The question now before us is whether we respond to these terrorist attacks by running away as Al Qaeda hopes - abandoning the future of Iraq, the Middle East, and ultimately our own security to the very same people responsible for this week's atrocities - or whether we stand united to fight them." Sorry, Joe, but it looks to me like your party announced its stance on that question plain, loud and clear in the Summer of 2004 when it gave Michael Moore and Jimmy Carter the seats of "honor" at its National Convention. And it reaffirmed that stance two years later, when it supported a raving anti-war moonbat to unseat you in the 2006 Connecticut primaries. After 9/11 many of us thought, "At last, we are united on something, for we all know in our hearts that we are all in this together." At least I did... But no; it's plain as day, now, that we are NOT all in this together. Why, oh WHY, are you still a Democrat, Joe? How the Hell can any decent man ally himself with a party of psychopathic monsters who want to destroy this country????? |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2007-04-21 12:44 |
| #6 Harry Reid comes off to me as a small time pol in way over his head trying to look like he rates the position he has . Either that or traitorous vermin. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2007-04-21 12:08 |
| #5 Harry Reid comes off to me as a small time pol in way over his head trying to look like he rates the position he has . |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-21 11:51 |
| #4 WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today made the following statement in response to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comment that the Iraq War is "lost:" "This week witnessed horrific terrorist attacks by Islamist extremists in Iraq, killing hundreds of innocent civilians and leading Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to declare that the war is 'lost.' With all due respect, I strongly disagree. Senator Reid's statement is not based on military facts on the ground in Iraq and does not advance our cause there. Al Qaeda's strategy for victory in Iraq is clear. They are trying to murder as many innocent civilians as possible in an effort to reignite sectarian fighting and drive us to retreat from Iraq. The question now before us is whether we respond to these terrorist attacks by running away as Al Qaeda hopes - abandoning the future of Iraq, the Middle East, and ultimately our own security to the very same people responsible for this week's atrocities - or whether we stand united to fight them. This is exactly the wrong time to conclude that we have lost the war in Iraq, or that our new strategy has failed. Instead, we should provide General Petraeus and his troops with the time and the resources to succeed. We should not surrender in the face of barbarism." |
| Posted by: Bobby 2007-04-21 10:55 |
| #3 Michelle Malkin has the Lieberman slap at Reid. Reid is quoted as responding, “We take a back seat to no one in supporting our troops, and we will never abandon our troops in a time of war." Ok, Harry, let’s put that up for a vote. You and yours love polling so much, how about a full muster of our men and women in uniform and ask them Do you believe the Democrats support you fully or more than any other group in America?. Let’s make it public and cover it just like any national election. Put up or shut up. You love political theater, so you’ll just love this. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-21 08:59 |
| #2 Who else? Let's start with Pelosi, Murtha, ... |
| Posted by: gorb 2007-04-21 05:15 |
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| Posted by: DMFD 2007-04-21 01:45 |