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Pelosi Credits Iran’s “Goodwill” for Surge Success
Commentary Magazine ^ | May 29, 2008 | Abe Greenwald

Posted on 05/29/2008 11:42:30 AM PDT by Jbny

In an interview yesterday with the San Francisco Chronicle, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claimed the U.S. troop surge failed to accomplish its goal. She then partially credited the success of the troop surge to “the goodwill of the Iranians,” claiming that they were responsible for ending violence in the southern city of Basra.

Asked if she saw any evidence of the surge’s positive impact on her May 17 trip to Iraq she responded:

Well, the purpose of the surge was to provide a secure space, a time for the political change to occur to accomplish the reconciliation. That didn’t happen. Whatever the military success, and progress that may have been made, the surge didn’t accomplish its goal. And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end, they negotiated that cessation of hostilities-the Iranians.

This is an inexcusable slander.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 110th; apologists; appallingdems; appeaseniks; dumcount; gaffe; impeachher; iran; iransurge; iraq; libmentaldisorder; pelosi; piglosi; speakerofthelouse; stupidrat; surge; treason; treasonousbitch
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To: freema

Problem is enough Americans will not vote sufficient numbers of Republicans into the HR to get rid of her once and for all.


121 posted on 05/29/2008 6:16:34 PM PDT by Marine_Uncle (Duncan Hunter was our best choice...)
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To: Jbny

This broad is the stupidest bastard I’ve ever seen.

God help us when the idiot voters increase her majority control of the house this fall.

Please forgive me for my “earthy” talk but it’s just incredible an idiot like this can lead the house. This fool is going to get people killed.


122 posted on 05/29/2008 6:19:42 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: Slapshot68

Vera velocity cheeks meets ferret face.


123 posted on 05/29/2008 6:22:13 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Been here before)
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To: freema

I’ve never been suspended from FR.

This one is really pushing the envelope of my restraint.


124 posted on 05/29/2008 7:22:30 PM PDT by 2111USMC
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To: chs68

Very good idea. Someone in the MSM should ask if she’s willing...


125 posted on 05/29/2008 7:33:58 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Jbny

And will the bush administration pound on this or “reach across the aisle?”

We already know the answer.


126 posted on 05/29/2008 7:57:31 PM PDT by toddlintown (My kingdom for a beer!)
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To: Principled
As they say on the TV show Myth Busters...”I reject your reality and substitute my own”.
127 posted on 05/29/2008 7:59:34 PM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: windcliff

Exactly what I’d expect of a Traitor.


128 posted on 05/29/2008 8:26:05 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Ranger Drew

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again.... There are 26 million American Proud Veterans that are trained, mostly armed, and ready to defend our country....
Bring it on...!

DM


129 posted on 05/29/2008 8:36:10 PM PDT by DragonMarine (Capitalism works, but it has to be paid for. (From the halls of Montezuma...)
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To: toddlintown

Nancy needs to go. Liberals are the true bottom feeders of America. They are the absolute worse America has to offer. Lets give them the boot in November.


130 posted on 05/29/2008 10:22:22 PM PDT by 1035rep
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To: Jbny
And some of the success of the surge is that the goodwill of the Iranians-they decided in Basra when the fighting would end...

Yeah. And, oddly enough, that "decision" just happened to coincide with the influx of US Marines bringing a big ol' can of Whoop Ass to bear.

131 posted on 05/29/2008 10:34:25 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (Could pacifists exist if there weren't people brave enough to go to war for their right to exist?)
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To: Prokopton

She cannot drag me to wrong side of history unless I let her.
I keep believing surge is working, she can deny until she is blue in the face, will not change facts.

Remember always these folks believe in feelings, facts have no place in their thinking.

We however deal with facts, and feelings do not change facts


132 posted on 05/29/2008 10:56:57 PM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: Empireoftheatom48

What were the original political milestones set out at the beginning of the surge and how many of them have been met?


133 posted on 05/29/2008 11:59:39 PM PDT by joseph20 (...to ourselves and our Posterity...)
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To: Jbny

Madam Speaker, it is time for your meds.

134 posted on 05/30/2008 12:47:56 AM PDT by Stonewall Jackson (Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory. - George Patton)
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To: Jbny
Treasonous Bee - Otch!

Run her out of Washington on a rail, tarred and feathered.

135 posted on 05/30/2008 1:40:39 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: MaestroLC
I am stunned. No joke. This has to be the single most insulting and slanderous statement about our military by a U.S. elected official. Despicable and disgusting.

I agree. She should be condemned in the strongest language possible by Republican leadership.

136 posted on 05/30/2008 3:43:16 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
"Well folks, elections have consequences. Perhaps all those who plan to sit out the November election should consider what it would be like to have 70% majorities in the House and Senate and a Democrat President for eight years."

As sad as it is my friend, I fear you are wasting your breath here. There are too many at FR who, no matter how much evidence there is to the contrary, wholeheartedly believe letting the DhimmiKKKrats win the presidency will actually be GOOD for us...

I really, really, really hope that those who support the idea of a Barack Obama leading our country so people see the "incompetency" of a liberal administration and vote more conservative in the future does not, in turn, end up dissolving this beloved nation of ours into a cesspool from whence we shall never recover...

137 posted on 05/30/2008 5:56:25 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Conservatives hate what people do, liberals hate who people are.")
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To: EnigmaticAnomaly
"I really, really, really hope that those who support the idea of a Barack Obama leading our country so people see the "incompetency" of a liberal administration and vote more conservative in the future does not, in turn, end up dissolving this beloved nation of ours into a cesspool from whence we shall never recover..."

does=do

138 posted on 05/30/2008 5:59:50 AM PDT by EnigmaticAnomaly ("Conservatives hate what people do, liberals hate who people are.")
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To: Gator113; river rat
“Are we going to have to hang them all!’ I am ok with that. What disgusts me is the procrastination. That bitch and her party, are truly traitors to our country.

Here here! Nancy The Idiot has said and done a lot of stupid things since becoming SOTH, but this is downright treasonous! Why doesn't she fly over to Tehran and kiss Ahmedinejad's ass?

139 posted on 05/30/2008 6:19:02 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: MrB

She comes from a political family - her father was a congressman and a brother was mayor of Baltimore (may have the relations wrong wrt the positions, but something like that). And yes she married into money.


140 posted on 05/30/2008 6:21:26 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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