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"People are saying what in the world is going on with North Carolina, we look like Mississippi." - NC Gov. Bev Perdue (D) on the passage of Amendment One, 5-11-12
Reid: My “Iraq war is lost” comments are what helped turn Iraq around
Stop the spinsanity – please!
At the time Sen. Reid made this comment, President Bush had been pursuing a failed, stay-the-course strategy that had cost thousands of American lives and billions of taxpayer dollars. Iraq appeared to be on the verge of a sectarian civil war. He was simply pointing out what our military leaders, including Gen. Petraeus, had been saying for months: that we could not win by staying the course; the war needed to be won diplomatically, politically, and economically. Sen. Reid and his colleagues were successful in forcing President Bush to finally abandon his failed approach and refocus on political reconciliation. This is what ultimately paved the way for the Iraqi government to take greater responsibility for Iraq’s future. Sen. Reid’s comments were directed at President Bush and his following of misguided policymakers, not at the heroic troops who continue to serve our country with incredible courage.
Doug Powers provides a video reminder of Reid’s 2007 “Iraq war is lost” comments, and writes:
Sun Tzu himself couldn’t have thought up a more brilliant strategy. Congratulations, General Reid.
And all along we thought Reid was being pathetic and weak — I for one feel bad for ever criticizing him.
Here’s a flashback to when Harry “Patton” Reid rallied our brave men and women to victory with his trademark Churchillian leadership style:
There’s a big difference between “we can’t win unless…” and “we lost.” Harry Reid hopes nobody can tell the difference.
And he’s not the only one trying to absurdly take credit for a mission that he not only did not support, but also declared a failure.
As my co-blogger so astutely noted earlier, it is absolutely shameful that the cut and runners both in this administration and Congress will not give President Bush even a sliver of credit for not abandoning Iraq when the calls were growing for a hasty exit, and when the “failure” declarations were piling up – primarily on the left side of the aisle. But you can best believe that I know, conservatives know, and our military and their families know where Iraq would be if we had listened to the Murthas, Pelosis, Reids, Bidens, and Obamas of this country.
And Al Qaeda knows, too.
For the left to try to spin the fragile success taking place in Iraq as a “win” for their side truly will go down in history as one of the biggest attempted political con jobs of all time. Then again, we shouldn’t be too surprised that Democrats would be so desperate to look “tough on terror” that they would try to hijack a victory that really belongs to others who stood tall and firm while these same leftists were busy waving the surrender flag and calling the Commander in Chief a “liar,’ and our courageous troops “murderers” and “torturers.” It’s been a long time since liberals have been on the winning side of any war – Iraq included.
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Harry Reid is a disgusting human being, and represents everything wrong with politics.
Let’s hope Nevada voters have a sense of decency. >:p
Nice circular argument there, Harry. You were so wrong that you were right? Funny how that explanation never works in medicine.
Typical Democrat TRAITOR and LIAR.
So maybe Reid giving up inspired Bush to hang tough, because Bush could see hat a weaselly and spineless person he would become if he acted like Reid.
You tell ‘em Harry. SNAFU. The most sublime word in the english language.
Try as he may, even Dingy can’t convince Nevada voters (among the sleaziest in the country, probably second only to Illinois) that he’s on the right side of ANY question, let alone the winning side of the Iraq war.
Besides being an extortionist (it’s called “political savvy” in D.C., but it’s still extortion), a liar, a thief and a general ne’er -do-well, he’s also a brain-damaged boxer whose memory is obviously lacking.
just think this guy is running the congress of the united states.
If Nevada re-elects this idiotic, morally bankrupt whore than they deserve exactly what they get.
Y’all be under no illusion – Pinky “the war is LOST” Reid is going down here in Nevada. And it won’t be nearly as close a contest as the MSM would have you believe.
Reid is essentially attempting what McCain did in AZ last week, and that is spending $25 million in negative ads in an effort to buy his seat in the Senate.
It doesn’t appear to be working….
The problem, N.C., is that WE don’t deserve to be stuck with the sleazebag just because SEIU and whatever ACORN has morphed into get the felon, cemetery and criminal alien votes, not to mention all the “Mickey Mouse” and “Luke Skywalker” votes that aren’t removed from the sign-up rolls.
I worry that this useless sleazebag will waltz right back in for the reasons just stated above and I also worry that his Supreme Leader will also waltz back in in 2012 for the same reasons and sorry excuses for humanity amongst the ACORN crowd, the union members, the trial lawyers and the dearly departed.
So I guess we can expect Reid to attempt the same reverse psychology and come out to proclaim his campaign for re-election lost?
It’s infuriating for many reasons, but the one that still riles me is that statements like these from weak, politically corrupt lowlifes is the blood on their hands from our brave military men and women by emboldening the enemy.
Traitor is too soft a word for them.
Too bad there isn’t a soundbite of Harry “Pinky” Reid saying this; it would make a great addition to his Soundboard.