Posted on 09/11/2007 7:01:59 AM PDT by presidio9
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Joe Biden told Gen. David Petraeus "It's time to end the surge and bring the troops home" from Iraq.
Opening a Senate hearing on progress in Iraq, the Delaware Democrat said he found little reason to believe that sectarian violence will end in Iraq.
"Are we any closer to a lasting political settlement? If we continue to surge, is there any evidence Sunnis, Shias and Kurds will stop killing?" Biden asked Petraeus and Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq.
"The answer to both those questions is 'No,' " Biden said.
Biden, who was interviewed Tuesday morning on CNN, has been engaged with the Iraq issue for years and has been favorable to the idea of a partition of Iraq into Sunni, Shiite and Kurdish regions.
"The truth of the matter is that Petraeus is going to try to make the administration's case. That's his job. He is going to pick the facts that help him make that case the most.
"And my job is to try to get to the root of it and ask the central questions basically are we better off today than we were before the surge. The answer to that so far from what I've heard and seen on the ground is no."
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I wonder who Biden stole his speech from?
Eyespysomething tells Biden “STFU and go fix your plugs.”
Petraeus to Biden: “STHU, plugs.”
What’s the point of a report if you’ve already made up your mind? Congress is a crowd of preening, absurd clowns.
Patraeus to Biden : “get lost you *** !”
More bloviating from a self-indulgent leftist. He’s not worthy to shine Petraeus’s shoes.
I wish Petraeus could tell Biden to “drop and give me 50” - I would pay to see that.
Biden is a political hack like all his Liberal traitorous brethren. IMO, his opinion is as worthless as he is.
It’s 9/11, Petraeus is telling Congress the surge is working, and the Dems STILL want to bring the troops home.
Pathetic.
BTW, does anyone know which C-SPAN (1, 2, or 3) the Senate hearing is on right now??
Sunny boy Biden is speaking above his pay grade again.
I hope the Surgin’ General told Biden that it’s the CIC who makes that call, not a fleabitten plagiarist wannabe Senator with delusions of relevance.
C-Span3
It is not on 1 or 2. I haven’t tried 3.
CSPAN 1 - Ambassador Crocker is speaking right now.
Hi G8-
I have it on CSPAN 2 (I think) - the house of rep channel
I’ll have you know that Joe Biden isn’t just a political hack.
He is a plagiarist, too.
Thanks
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