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| Hillary Claims Credit For Iraq Surge Success |
| 2008-01-14 |
| (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 it’s worked"–let me finish–"you can see on the ground. I’m saying to you, Senator, or president-elect Clinton, don’t destroy Iraq. It’s 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 |
| #5 "require a willing suspension of disbelief." A healthy dose of the above also needed for those who would put a Clinton back in the White House. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-01-14 22:15 |
| #4 and you know what, lots of people will buy her explanation. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-14 21:56 |
| #3 It is a good thing our troops are so disciplined. This would have resulted in a firing squad in less civilized countries. What a back stabbing bitch. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-01-14 20:56 |
| #2 And my losses on the battlefield was the reason Union won the Civil War. |
| Posted by: Gen. McClellan 2008-01-14 20:54 |
| #1 "Success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan." |
| Posted by: GK 2008-01-14 20:50 |