Posted on 09/14/2006 9:43:34 AM PDT by Froufrou
"The war in Iraq is the wrong war. No matter how many times the president wants to say it, the war in Iraq is not the war on terror. The war in Afghanistan was."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made that comment Wednesday in a speech on the House floor. She was blasting a Republican resolution marking the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.
Pelosi says Republicans have introduced a partisan and "congratulatory" resolution: "It praises Congress for some reason," Pelosi complained.
"Instead of having the focus on the innocent victims of 9/11, it talks about the accomplishments of this Congress. I can't even imagine why they (Republican leaders) thought that was a good idea. Since they have opened the door to what they have done, they have also opened the door to what they have not done," she said.
Pelosi said the Senate's 9/11 anniversary resolution -- with its mix of mourning for the victims, consolation for the families, praise for the troops, and resolve to find the culprits -- strikes the right note.
Lost focus'
Pelosi says the nation has "lost focus on terrorism since the invasion of Iraq." (President Bush has described the war in Iraq as a key element in the global fight against terrorism.)
"Our focus should have continued to be on Afghanistan," Pelosi said. "We had the opportunity to destroy al Qaeda in Afghanistan and we missed the opportunity because we lost our focus."
In her speech, Pelosi listed what's gone wrong in Afghanistan -- the news is all bad, she suggests -- and then she mentions a number of security flaws at home, including a lack of screening at the nation's ports, etc. "The list goes on of shortcomings," she said.
But at the end of her speech, Pelosi says that "of course" Democrats will vote for the "flawed" resolution.
"It could be better. Just because the Republicans decided they wanted to praise themselves instead of focusing on the business at hand doesn't mean we won't support it."
Pelosi urged Congress to pass the recommendations of the 9/11 commission to "truly" honor the memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
Where's the Democrats' plan?
Aside from passing the recommendations of the 9/11 commission, Pelosi -- in Wednesday's floor speech -- offered no solutions to the problems she enumerates.
The failure to come up with an alternative plan is a problem for Democrats. A new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll shows that many voters don't think the Democrats have a plan to deal with the problems they continually mention.
According to the poll, 42 percent of registered voters said they are more concerned about Democrats having no plan to deal with the nation's problems than they are about Republicans offering no changes in dealing with those problems. Thirty-seven percent said they were more concerned about Republicans refusing to change course. (The poll of 1,009 registered voters, conducted Sept. 8-11, has a margin of error of plus/minus 3.1 points.)
Even the "centrist" Democratic Leadership Council, a group embraced by Bill and Hillary Clinton, is urging Democrats "to outline exactly what [they] would do to correct the nation's course and actually make life in a dangerous world safer for all Americans."
In an email "dispatch" to supporters, the DLC urged Democrats to adopt a "progressive alternative" to the "failed" GOP strategy. (The DLC says Democrats should use the Progressive Policy Institute's book "With All Our Might" as a starting point.)
The Bush administration has made it clear it will not "change course or accept responsibility for its mistakes," the DLC said.
"The next few weeks will show if Democrats are willing to rise to the occasion to offer the country a very different and successful path forward in the perilous journey that began on 9/11."
I hope the Dems continue to make this an issue. They are really starting to offend Americans. I am glad they are at least showing who they truly are.
Keep it up Nancy, your party continues to have no vision, no plan and continues to spout propaganda.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste Nancy.
Au contraire. She's always on the rag.
Both statements are correct. Since she is ALWAYS on the rag, she can't possibly keep enough feminine hygiene products in her purse - unless she carries a purse the size of Rhode Island.
Pelosi needs to tell that to Al Qaeda. Last I looked, they were putting forth quite an effort in Iraq. 'Course it was somewhat dampened by the death of Zarqawi. I guess Pelose forgot he was even there.
Dang. Someone should tell Ahman Al Zawahiri this. He was evidently confused when he said that Iraq was the central battlefield in their struggle against the great satan (or something to that effect).
Rush L. said a bit ago that Kerry was waxing presidential again and declared he was going to "kick their asses from one end of the country to the other." I thought Kerry was flip flopping again, talking about Iraq. Then Rush informed me that he was talking about the swift boat crowd. So I guess if the Demwits get in there, we'll withdraw from Iraq and kick the swiftboaters asses. Sounds like that'll put us on the right track! The Dems had their chance to make the country safe and do it.
Even if one opposed the reasons for the war, it would seem incontrovertable to any sane person that we are fighting the Islamist terrorists in Iraq right now.
Or in the words of Dan Quayle:
"What a terrible thing to have lost one's mind. Or not to have a mind at all. How true that is."
Of course that statement doesn't hold a candle to some of AlGore's gems.
My favorite Gore story is about how right after the election of 1992, the Gores and the Clintons were touring some of the Federal buildings in Washington. When they entered Monticello - Al Gore looked at the marble busts in the room and asked the guide, "Who are these people?"
The guide looked at him for a moment and then replied, " This one is George Washington and this one is Benjamin Franklin".
Keep in mind Al Gore grew up in Washington DC - and STILL COULDN'T RECOGNIZE A BUST OF GEORGE WASHINGTON OR BEN FRANKLIN!!!
And the dems have the nerve to talk about Bush's intellect!
Coming from the same stupid mouth that said the war in Afghanistan was over...
Well, I tried to send this troll an email to let her know what I think of her attack against this nation. Unfortunately she has a block on emails from those who do not live in her district. So, I will send my comments to her via snail mail. Below is my letter to her.
Ms. Pelosi,
I must take issue with your comments regarding the war in Iraq not being a part of the war on terror. You are wrong, as usual when it comes to this issue. You need to know that the War on Terror (WOT) is not just in Afghanistan, but exists throughout the entire world. This has clearly been the case since before 9/11/01 as many terrorist attacks against United States interests and targets in various countries indicates. While Mr. Clinton was in office Somalia was an area of Al Queda operations. Africa had two U.S. Embassy Bombings, and the U.S.S. Cole was attacked in Yeman. These are all things you are quite aware of. Various reports have come out on the contacts between members of Saddam's government and Bin Laden's liutenants during the late 1990's, and Abu Musab Al Zarqawi was known to have been in Iraq at least one year prior the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Abu Nidal made Baghdad his home for years, and one of the architects of the 1993 WTC bombing was also known to have made trips to Iraq after the first attempt to bring those buildings down. Ms. Pelosi, you must stop this partisan BS regarding Iraq, and stop it now. You and your fellow Liberal Democrats are placing our troops into significantly more danger by keeping up this partisan attack against our nation. We are at war, and your attempts to limit this war to one region, when the reality is that it is world wide, is placing my son and my nephew (both in Baghdad) in greater danger. I demand that this partisan attack against this nation stop, and now. We need to be united as a nation against the truly evil forces that we face. Sincerely, Richard Pinnell Proud Father of an American Soldier Proud Uncle of two American Soldiers
I'm certain that only the shareholders of Premarin and Provera drug stocks are happy with Nasty Nancy. She may act the feminine kitten, but her juices dried long ago along with any sense she had. "It" is nothing but a wrinked, moisture-parched, and useless "change purse" now--almost like her brain!
I always have taken the President at his word. He originally said it was to effect regime change.
I was mulling over the critism of the Path to 9-11 by Democrats questioning its accuracy. We now know that Richard Clarke pretty much wrote it. And WHOSE book were the Democrats reading aloud from at the 9-11 Commission Hearings as if it were the Gospel?
does this mean the war in Iraq didn't create more terrorists?
did they all disappear?
Are Americans ready to put their lives in the hands of the Dumbocrats again?
The Path to 9/11 showed what led to the position that Bush found himself in 8 months into his mandate.
Hey, I happen to travel through Nairobi in August 1998 on my way to Zimbabwe. I saw from a distance your destroyed embassy and the Dumbocrat in the White House at the time acted as if this was not an act of war. We know now that it was and was a prelude to 9/11.
No attack in the last 5 years does it not ring a bell with Americans? How many times was America attacked in a five year period in Clinton’s regime?
Unfortunately, that seems to be the entire scope of their skills and qualification.
I liked this doosey too. Didn't we just hear a few days ago a dramatization of the 9/11 Commission Report was all false?
Pelosi urged Congress to pass the recommendations of the 9/11 commission to "truly" honor the memory of those who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
ROTFLMAO! Car bombs = percussion secttion!
You'd think so, huh? I mean, how can the whole country see that all these people care about is to get into office and once there it's back to tax and spend?
Someone should tell AlQ!
That simply cannot happen.
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