Posted on 04/19/2007 12:23:14 PM PDT by rface
Leader of the Democratic majority in the US Congress, Harry Reid, has said the US has lost the Iraq war, and Bush's troop surge has failed......
"I believe ... that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything, as is shown by the extreme violence in Iraq this week," Reid stated.
The same comments were made to President Bush when he had convened with senior lawmakers to persuade them to pass the emergency war funding bill.
Congress is trying to confine the war spending bill to a timetable for the removal of troops from Iraq.
Reid's comments came a day after 200 fatalities were reported in bombings in Iraq, despite a much touted US Security Plan which the White House said sought to root out insurgency.
well, the Iranians are celebrating. Thank You Dingy Harry
Thanks, Harry! Way to go with aiding and providing comfort to the enemy...
Hey now! Don’t go questioning Harry’s patriotism! He wants what’s best for America, even when he’s working as a public relations flack for the mullahs of Iran.
And we all believe everything Harry says....
I would like to see that guy stuffed and hanging over my fireplace.
Harry and most of the Demonicrats are really good at emboldening the enemy.
Please let me know when that has been accomplished.
I’ll bring the beer, wine.... you name the drink.
Harry Reid will burn in hell! The blood of any of our soldiers that die in combat from onw on is on his and the dems hands. He hs empowered the enemy! They lost the war - America didn’t. When Reid dies he will not be remembered, his wealth will be scattered among his heirs and that will be it. He will be remembered, as far as I’m concern, as a greedy, power loving, traitor.
Words fail me.
Harry Reid has now officially joined the 5th column. Congratulations, scumbag.
Harry Reid will burn in hell! The blood of any of our soldiers that die in combat from onw on is on his and the dems hands. He hs empowered the enemy! They lost the war - America didn’t. When Reid dies he will not be remembered, his wealth will be scattered among his heirs and that will be it. He will be remembered, as far as I’m concern, as a greedy, power loving, traitor.
OK so I was madder than hell and didn’t stop to spell check, sorry!!!
Is he on their payroll, or is he just naturally stupid?
This is a bilge of epic proportions. Can we citizens give this *sswipe a blanket party?
I’ll help: The Democrats are the enemy within. They are undermining our troops, undermining the United States, and helping the terrorist. If and when there are more 9/11’s here at home, killing hundreds of thousands of Americans with nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, let’s remember the names of all the Democrats in Congress. They are traitors and the penality for treason should be death by hanging.
In addition to undermining the security of the United States, the Democrats are making it more likely that thousands more Iraqi citizens - men, women, and children - will be maimed and killed by terrorists in Iraq.
Harry Reid. Worse than Tokyo Rose!
George Washington would have frog marched Reid behind the nearest barn for dispatch.
Well said—nothing to add that.
"Children of U.S. occupation Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:36:54 Hassan Tavakoli, Press TV, Tehran
What has Bush brought for the children of Iraq?
Four years of occupation in Iraq has not only crippled the country but also set the scene for what we can see today of innocent children scavenging in garbage dumps to find something with what they could pass the day.
The appalling condition of many Iraqi children victimized by the U.S. occupation has become too emotive an issue for even American mass media to ignore.
Recently a report by CNN showed hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children in rags and no longer attending school. Iraqi hospitals are also too strapped with casualties to deal with mental toll on children. According to Iraqi health officials, bomb blasts, gunfire, and killings of family members have plagued Iraq and unfortunately it is the Iraqi children that suffer the most.
The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has plunged Iraq into a complete quagmire and causing widespread poverty. Iraqi children are most vulnerable, and in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, children can often be seen rummaging through heaps of rubbish, trying to find scraps of food just to survive.
It is difficult to give an exact figure of how much the war and violence has affected the lives of Iraqi children.
The humanitarian organization Save the Children, in a report last year about children in conflict zones, estimated that 818,000 Iraqi children, ranging from 6 to 11 in age, were not in school. That's roughly one in every five Iraqi children in that age group.
The war in Iraq has disrupted normal life, forcing millions of Iraqi families to flee their homes, and separating many children from their families.
Studies by the World Health Organization show primary-school-age children have experienced major traumatic events, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) since the March 2003 U.S.-led invasion and the country's subsequent occupation.
This is truly deplorable; taking into account that Iraq has the second largest proven oil reserves in the world, and should be one of the richest countries in the Middle East. Interesting; maybe that is why the country was occupied ….
The Bush administration, which invaded Iraq under the slogan of saving the Iraqi people from the tyranny of the then dictator, Saddam Hussein, now seems oblivious to the plight of Iraqi civilians, and children in particular.
It is crystal clear for the entire world that Bush, named "the Liar of the Year 2006" by Newsweek, only wants to plunder Iraq's natural resources. The Bush regime is quietly plundering Iraqi oil, and the corruption and insecurity in Iraq, fanned by the American military occupation, is facilitating this process.
The Iraqi government is under immense pressure to restore peace and security to the occupation-torn country, but this is an impossible task as long as the Bush regime defies American and world public opinion, by refusing to withdraw its forces from Iraq.
The fact of the matter is that President Bush's urge for surge is really designed to facilitate the plunder of Iraq's crude oil reserves.
Nevertheless, on the one hand, western media reports the dreadful situation going on in Iraq ad nauseam. However, on the other hand, it seldom asks who is to be held accountable for such a humanitarian disaster.
The humanitarian disaster in Iraq will undoubtedly exacerbate if, and only if, the Bush-headed U.S. occupation of Iraq continues."
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