Asshat McConnell says Iraq war 'winding down', won't be much of a factor in 2008

[jefferson_dem]

November 8, 2007
GOP Senate leader says Iraq war 'winding down'

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell insisted Thursday that the Iraq war is "winding down," one of the most positive statements yet by a congressional leader.

It comes as Democrats are launching another attempt at pulling combat troops out of Iraq. In response, McConnell told CNN Radio that Democrats are making a mistake.

"The war is winding down. Next year's election is going to be about this Congress and what it failed to do," McConnell said in his Capitol office.

The Kentucky senator pointed to recent newspaper reports of lower death tolls and insisted there will be "fewer and fewer troops in Iraq, fewer and fewer casualties, more and more … return to normalcy."

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/11/08/gop-senate-leader-says-iraq-war-winding-down/

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. from all the domestic MSM coverage we get, he is right

in the sense that a drunk driver is typically not guilty of shop-lifting.

Just because we don't see the corpses, the explosions, the injuries, and the violence, does NOT mean it has improved into a mesopotamian garden of eden.

[JohnnyLib2]

2. He might want to check the KIA lists of service members from

Ft. Campbell, KY, and Ft. Knox, KY. Those of us who will work against his re-election certainly will.

[TwilightGardener]

3. When, exactly, will there be fewer and fewer troops in Iraq? I'm curious--

because the Petraeus Plan is to only reduce the forces to pre-surge levels next year--still leaving 130,000. We're not going anywhere--Mitchy is a bald-faced liar.

[blm]

4. It will - they control most of the broadcast media so they get to create their 'truth'

any time they need it.

[Me.]

5. Well Good

Then let's pull the money this country has been spending. If it's all but over we can use the cash in the US.

[CK_John]

6. As I have been saying for months, the war in IRAN starting around 12/10/07, will be

what the elections are all about.

[hadrons]

7. toe-tapping Mitch needs to look at Ernie's numbers from Tuesday closer

[underpants]

8. "return to normalcy" what is Saddam coming back?

I think his jowls have sucked all the energy away from his brain.