Posted on 10/24/2006 7:47:36 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi Doesn't Understand War on Terror, Hastert Says By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Senior Editor October 24, 2006
(CNSNews.com) - The United States cannot win the global war on terror if U.S. leaders don't understand it -- and Rep. Nancy Pelosi does not understand it, House Speaker Dennis Hastert said on Tuesday.
Hastert -- who holds the job that Pelosi is eager to assume -- was reacting to Pelosi's remarks on the CBS program "60 Minutes." He said her comments should serve as a "bellwether" for the American people.
"Democrat Leader Pelosi would trust the terrorists to give up their objective and play nice in exchange for the United States leaving Iraq. This outlook is foolish, naive and dangerous," Hastert said.
Pelosi told CBS's Leslie Stahl that yes, there are terrorists in Iraq. "But that doesn't mean we stay there. They'll stay there as long as we're there. They're there because we're there," she said.
Hastert said the minority leader is wrong. The global war on terror is just that -- global, he said. "It is not fought in just one country. It is not even fought in one hemisphere."
Hastert said that's why Pelosi's comments are "irresponsible."
"Is the Democrat Minority Leader really turning a blind eye towards the countless number of terrorists that we are fighting in the streets and battlefields of Iraq and also in numerous countries around the world? Does she forget the nearly 3,000 victims of September 11th? The 201 victims of the Madrid train bombings? And the 52 victims of the London bomb attacks? These were all innocent victims of the Global War on Terror. And what about the countless others who have been saved because of our efforts?
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OUCH! Nice Shot Hastert! Right between her Buggy Eyes!
Pray for W and The Election
Don't confuse intelligence with guile.
she thinks W is the enemy what an ass------ole
Do not see how any RATIONAL/SANE voter would want Nancy Pelosi almost a heartbeat away fromt the NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODES????
Mason Dixon
PS Wouldn't like to see her talk to North Korea like her tirade against the Bush Admin. This women is more than a quart short, she's DANGEROUS!!!!
Speaker Hastert say what you said often and loud. This is not a time to have pampered soft idiots having anything to do with our national security and way of life.
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