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Harry Reid: The LEAST optimistic man EVER
Harry Reid is bucking the optimistic trend of his fellow Democrats and railing against the obvious success of the troop surge in Iraq.
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"Democrats are increasingly bailing on their previously held view that the troop surge in Iraq has been a "failure," but Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid isn't ready to jump on the bandwagon with other Democrats who say the surge has worked."
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'But Reid, in a Monday press conference, ceded no ground.
"The surge hasn't accomplished its goals," Reid said. "... We're involved, still, in an intractable civil war." '
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'Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the Senate floor on Monday to highlight the "stunning reversal" in Iraq, and chided Democrats, saying "unfortunately, talk of congratulations is scarce among the anti-war left."'
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Now, what was the goal of the surge? No, Harry, it wasn't to TOTALLY END the war, it was to curb violence.
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As Bush said in the State of the Union, when he introduced the idea:
"The most urgent priority for success in Iraq is security, especially in Baghdad. Eighty percent of Iraq's sectarian violence occurs within 30 miles of the capital. This violence is splitting Baghdad into sectarian enclaves, and shaking the confidence of all Iraqis...
America will change our strategy to help the Iraqis carry out their campaign to put down sectarian violence and bring security to the people of Baghdad. This will require increasing American force levels. So I've committed more than 20,000 additional American troops to Iraq. The vast majority of them -- five brigades -- will be deployed to Baghdad. These troops will work alongside Iraqi units and be embedded in their formations. Our troops will have a well-defined mission: to help Iraqis clear and secure neighborhoods, to help them protect the local population, and to help ensure that the Iraqi forces left behind are capable of providing the security that Baghdad needs."
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Harry needs to wake up and realize that Iraq isn't just about garnering votes! He needs to give credit where credit is due and acknowledge that the surge is working.
Posted at 03:06PM Dec 03, 2007 by College Republicans in Iraq | Comments[0]
