Posted on 03/18/2007 8:48:23 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: Iraqi Optimism Highlights Bush Surge Failure
by Scott Ott
(2007-03-18) — A new poll shows Iraqis are “irrationally optimistic, misguided in their support of the new government and in denial about the civil war raging in their country,” according to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
“These are just a few of the devastating consequences of the Bush surge in Iraq,” said Rep. Pelosi, D-CA, “and I fear that we’re seeing only the tip of iceberg.”
The survey of 5,019 Iraqis, published today, showed that despite almost daily car bombings and sectarian tensions, 49 percent prefer the government of Prime Minister Nouri Kamal al-Maliki to the more stable regime of the late President Saddam Hussein. Only 26 percent said things had been better under Mr. Hussein.
“Clearly these people are out of touch with the reality on the ground in Iraq,” said Mrs. Pelosi in an interview at her San Francisco office. “If they had read the New York Times or watched CNN, they would never draw these ridiculous conclusions.”
The poll showed that only 27 percent of Iraqis believe the country is embroiled in a civil war.
“As this poll shows, the ravages of civil war have taken their toll,” Rep. Pelosi said. “The Iraqi people are in deep denial. We need to reverse course now before things get much worse and they start thinking that their country can become a bastion of freedom and democracy in the heart of the totalitarian Arab world.”
Ott strikes again, LOL! What's kind of sad is that this headline is actually fairly believable, considering Pelosi's nonsense.
Watching people to take this article seriously is almost as funny as the article itself.
Me too. I could hear Nancy P. saying those very words.
It's Scrappleface, but it sure wouldn't hafta be.
"Clearly these people are out of touch with the reality on the ground in Iraq"!! Geez! Is she talking about the Iraqis? Hey, Nance - you stupid cow!!! The Iraqis ARE on the ground in Iraq! Who better to know than they!?! She's beyond moronic.
Scrappleface is satire.
HAHAHA! It didn't take long for Nazi Pelotski to spin this around. Iraqi's are "confused and irrational", they don't have a clue whats going on in their own country. But Nazi Pelotski does...
To true, Pelosi really does say things like these, but it is a lampoon of her....so far.....
“If they had read the New York Times or watched CNN, they would never draw these ridiculous conclusions.”
Darn it. I missed seeing the source. It was too easy to assume that she actually said it. My bad.
I have to believe the anemic duo of Reid and Pelosi and their minions of malcontents are thinking these exact thoughts.
You're right apparently. A lot of conservatives let funny slip right past them.
Scott Ott scores again!
LOL! Oh, duh me! Well, it certainly sounds like something she'd say.
I did the same thing.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
It's so much in character for Pelosi that I didn't realize at first that it was scrappleface. The news today is so often filled with natural irony that it's getting harder and harder to use irony for humor.
Nanct Pelosi is an idiot. The problem is she isn't alone.
Ninety percent of the dhimmicrats and a fair amount of Repubs show less practical sense than my grandchildren.
I'm beginning to believe that smoking pot does kill brain cells.
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