Thursday, May 31, 2007
Barbara Lee: Bush is “Dangerously Out of Touch With Reality” (10:34 am)
Josh Marshall has posted this statement by California Democratic Representative Barbara Lee on the newly announced White House Iraq policy:
“The White House announcement that they view South Korea as the model for a permanent U.S. military presence in Iraq is further evidence of how dangerously out of touch with reality this administration is.
“On a strictly historical level, the comparison is comical. A high school student could tell you that there are virtually no similarities between the Korea and Iraq. The administration’s inept attempts to come up with tortured historical analogies to try to justify a failed policy should be another reminder just how little credibility they have on the issue.
“The frightening truth is that there are obviously people within the Bush administration who believe that it is a good idea to occupy Iraq military on a permanent basis, which is why we have fought so hard in Congress to establish a clear policy to prevent permanent military bases in Iraq.
“The overwhelming majority of Iraqis want an end to the occupation, and for the White House to suggest that it will continue for another fifty years, or perhaps permanently, only fuels the insurgency and further endangers our troops.
“The American people are also calling for an end to the occupation, and the fact that the administration has responded by saying they think the occupation should be permanent just underlines not only how out of touch they are, but how critical it is for Congress to intervene to bring an end to this failed policy.”
posted by Brian Zick
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While we know that the guy in charge is out of touch with reality, it is also true that the Democrats have given up on setting time limits to the exported military madness in Iraq. We have lost our country, and if the Democrats can’t oppose the commander in charge of terror, how will be able to take back our country? I hope it isn’t out of our reach with the airwaves being managed by those in power, and the media not challenging the obvious lies coming out of DC - but how do we get back to representative government? I wonder if this is how the colonists felt when the court of knig george ignored their American citizens 230 years ago? we now have our own king george, and he isn’t as nice, smart, talented, respectable, interested, compassionate, educated, responsive...et al as the original.
posted by Bob Williams on 6-1-07 at 12:42 PM