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Last time they did this, it backfired huge as people realized they were calling the man a liar (and a traitor) before he had even said a word.
Now they are trying it again, pretending he will twist his report for political purposes. Given the negative results these attempts usually give the Dems, one has to believe there is something major in this coming report, that Dems are desperately trying to keep people from hearing or believing. It's so bad for them, that they are willing to risk the same negative results again, in this latest attempt to call the man a liar before he has even given the report.
Have the Democrats nothing better to do, than repeatedly smear the most successful general in the entire Iraq war, to fit their own political agenda?
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9370.html
Pelosi warns Petraeus on Iraq testimony
By DANIEL W. REILLY
4/3/08 1:16 PM EST
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Thursday “not to put a shine on recent events” in Iraq when they testify before Congress next week.
“I hope we don’t hear any glorification of what happened in Basra,” said Pelosi, referring to a recent military offensive against Shiite militants in the city led by the Iraqi government and supported by U.S. forces.
Although powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a ceasefire after six days of fighting, Pelosi wondered why the U.S. was caught off guard by the offensive and questioned how the ceasefire was achieved, saying “the terms were probably dictated from Iran.”
“We have to know the real ground truths of what is happening there, not put a shine on events because of a resolution that looks less violent when it fact it has been dictated by al-Sadr, who can grant or withhold that call for violence,” Pelosi said.
Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and Crocker, the U.S. ambassador, will make their return to Capitol Hill on April 8 and 9 to deliver their assessment of the situation on the ground in Iraq.
So far, Petraeus and Crocker have made very few public comments about the situation in Basra, but many Republicans have hailed it as an example of the Iraqi government standing up and further proof that President Bush’s troop surge is working.
Republicans took issue Thursday with the notion that Petraeus would use events in Iraq to advance a political agenda.
"Gen. Petraeus . . . is not a political figure," said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio). "The testimony he gives reflects the facts on the ground. If he reports that the security situation in Iraq is improving, as we hope he does, he will be echoing the assessment of many Democratic House members who have visited Iraq recently. Our priorities should be learning the facts and acting on them, not using any development as a pretext for irresponsible withdrawal."
Pelosi held a press conference Thursday morning with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) to preview their message ahead of the visit from Petraeus and Crocker.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
Now they are trying it again, pretending he will twist his report for political purposes. Given the negative results these attempts usually give the Dems, one has to believe there is something major in this coming report, that Dems are desperately trying to keep people from hearing or believing. It's so bad for them, that they are willing to risk the same negative results again, in this latest attempt to call the man a liar before he has even given the report.
Have the Democrats nothing better to do, than repeatedly smear the most successful general in the entire Iraq war, to fit their own political agenda?
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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9370.html
Pelosi warns Petraeus on Iraq testimony
By DANIEL W. REILLY
4/3/08 1:16 PM EST
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) warned Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Thursday “not to put a shine on recent events” in Iraq when they testify before Congress next week.
“I hope we don’t hear any glorification of what happened in Basra,” said Pelosi, referring to a recent military offensive against Shiite militants in the city led by the Iraqi government and supported by U.S. forces.
Although powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a ceasefire after six days of fighting, Pelosi wondered why the U.S. was caught off guard by the offensive and questioned how the ceasefire was achieved, saying “the terms were probably dictated from Iran.”
“We have to know the real ground truths of what is happening there, not put a shine on events because of a resolution that looks less violent when it fact it has been dictated by al-Sadr, who can grant or withhold that call for violence,” Pelosi said.
Petraeus, the top military commander in Iraq, and Crocker, the U.S. ambassador, will make their return to Capitol Hill on April 8 and 9 to deliver their assessment of the situation on the ground in Iraq.
So far, Petraeus and Crocker have made very few public comments about the situation in Basra, but many Republicans have hailed it as an example of the Iraqi government standing up and further proof that President Bush’s troop surge is working.
Republicans took issue Thursday with the notion that Petraeus would use events in Iraq to advance a political agenda.
"Gen. Petraeus . . . is not a political figure," said Michael Steel, spokesman for House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (R-Ohio). "The testimony he gives reflects the facts on the ground. If he reports that the security situation in Iraq is improving, as we hope he does, he will be echoing the assessment of many Democratic House members who have visited Iraq recently. Our priorities should be learning the facts and acting on them, not using any development as a pretext for irresponsible withdrawal."
Pelosi held a press conference Thursday morning with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) to preview their message ahead of the visit from Petraeus and Crocker.
(Full text of the article can be read at the above URL)
