Pelosi: September Report on Iraq Must Provide Candid Assessment

[bigtree]

Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after news organizations reported that the Bush Administration will seek to limit involvement by General David H. Petraeus in the September progress report on the war in Iraq:

“For a long time the Administration has hidden behind the name of General David Petraeus, saying the September report will be his. We all knew this would be the President’s report. It is now clear that the White House will seek to limit involvement by General Petraeus in reporting to the Congress and to the American people next month.

“We must remember that the purpose of the surge was to create a secure environment in which political change could occur. Whether or not some limited military success has occurred, it is clear that the Iraqi leaders have failed to make political progress.

“The question for September is: ‘Why should our troops risk their lives in a civil war when the Iraqi government refuses to take the political steps necessary to end the sectarian violence?’ We must have a candid assessment of the ongoing situation in Iraq and it is increasingly unclear whether the September report will provide that.”


http://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/pressreleases?id=0285

[leftchick]

1. the question is

what in fact will Nancy and Congress do when the report is not good enough? Give bush more money no doubt to "support the troops". Anything less would make them "soft on terra" :scared:

Been there, done that. :eyes:

[MannyGoldstein]

2. Or Else, Or Else...

... we'll pout and not eat our vegetables. Oh, and next time, we'll wait two minutes before caving on warrantless wiretapping.

You'll know our wrath! This will not stand!

[sueh]

8. Oh, damn it!! You beat me with the "or else what"...

but that is what I'm thinking. Or else, WHAT, Nancy???!!!!

[Dhalgren]

3. Oooo, those Dry Powder Democrats are so scary!

You watch, Bush will cave and Nancy will rule! Go DPDs!!!

:rofl:

[mmonk]

4. When's the next funding increase Nancy?

Send another bill through with "earmarks" to cover up bush's treadmarks on you.

[sakabatou]

5. But since it's going to be written by the WH

:scared: :scared: :scared:

[Jack Rabbit]

6. And when the White House-authored Petraeus Report is presented . . .

When the Petraeus White House Report on the war is presented with all the obviously Pollyannaish assessments of the situation in Iraq, the Democrats will do what?

Stand and fight? With whom? The American people or with Bush?



Portait of Marshal Petain from NNDB

[rudy23]

7. Why? Why did they buy that this would be legit in the first place? A fool could see this coming

--a MILE away.

I'm so disappointed in our Democratic leadership--that's such an understatement.