Tony Snow: Iraqis killing Iraqis, Americans, civilians: "apples & oranges"

[Human Torch]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/09/27/tony-snow-on-nie-report-_n_30386.html

Excerpt from today's Press Gaggle:

Q Look at Iraq.

MR. SNOW: Yes, we are looking at Iraq, and that's --

Q They're fully capable of killing in great numbers there.

MR. SNOW: That's right.

Q I mean, you've got --

MR. SNOW: And who are they killing?

Q That's a prime example. They're killing Iraqis, they're killing Americans, they're killing civilians, they're killing military.

MR. SNOW: Yes, but you're mixing apples and oranges here, so let me go through it. When you're talking about Iraq --

Q But you're the ones who say that's the central front on terrorism.

MR. SNOW: Yes, and that's why, in fact, we're trying to fight it, and we are fighting it, and we're going to win it.

Q Zarqawi didn't make it go away -- when Zarqawi was killed, which is the example you used, as well.

MR. SNOW: No, I don't think you just fell off the turnip truck. You understand that, as a matter of fact, what happens is that there are a number of jihadists, united by an ideology that they do want to kill us. I mean, that's not a surprise.

Read the full transcript here.

[Parche]

1. apples and oranges

Snow: "You see, Americans are human, and Iraqi's, well they are just terrorists"

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[jhrobbins]

3. OK, shame on me here, but I have really only been following...

press secretaries since Ari Fleischer and I am wondering if previous PS were as obfuscating and contrary as the Bush PS have been?