Pelosi Credits Iran for Surge Success
May 31st, 2008 at 06:33am Mark Noonan
Crediting our enemies with the success of our troops and our Iraqi allies - that does go entirely too far:
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. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki brought the Sadrists militias to their knees in a month-long battle that enabled Iraq’s largest Sunni bloc to rejoin the government. Furthermore, when Pelosi met with Prime Minister al-Maliki in Mosul she sang quite a different tune. She had “welcomed Iraq’s progress in passing a budget as well as oil legislation, and a bill paving the way for the provincial elections in the fall that are expected to more equitably redistribute power among local officials,” and stated, “We’re assured the elections will happen here, they will be transparent, they will be inclusive and they will take Iraq closer to the reconciliation we all want it to have.”
Discounting the success of the American military, denying the accomplishments of U.S. allies, and giving the credit to our most dangerous enemies seems like an especially productive week for a Democrat on Capitol Hill. After Nancy Pelosi’s post-Iraq hat trick, there’s really no need for Barack Obama to make this trip after all.
If Pelosi had an ounce of honor in her body - and ounce, that is, of genuine patriotism for the United States of America - she would immediately apologise to our troops, our Iraqi allies and then she’d resign her position. The US and Iraqi militaries are the reason peace is coming to Iraq, not the benevolence of the lunatics who govern Iran, and who are responsible for the deaths of very many Americans and Iraqis. This is not honest dissent, this is treasonous. Al-Qaeda has its back to the wall, Syria is talking a separate peace with Israel and Iran finds itself isolated, having angered the populations of Iraq and Afghanistan, and having nothing to show for all their efforts over the past 5 years…Pelosi’s statement is, in a way, giving aid and comfort to our enemies; what she said is akin to saying that the Nazis deserve credit for our liberation of Rome in 1944 because they chose to withdraw rather than fight for the city…if there is anything which will keep the enemy fighting in their hopeless cause it is the belief that the Democrats will come in and be the “weak horse” they expected us to be all along.
If anyone out there needed a reason to fight hard to defeat the Democrats in 2008, here it is - a Democratic victory in November will elevate into complete power that very 60’s radicalism which nearly destroyed this nation 40 years ago, and which is bound and determined to have another shot at wrecking the country. People like Pelosi act the part of traitor, even if they don’t know it (and my bet is that 90% of them really don’t know it - so entirely ignorant of their own ideological background are they); we can’t afford to have this mindset in power.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Congress, Corruption, Democrats
14 Comments
1. Pain | May 31st, 2008 at 7:13 am
“Patriotism.”
We would rather have leaders with integrity. Patriotism is only important to you Noonan because you are a cheerleader with an ax to grind. You politics are an organ with a blood supply that comes to it from your religious beliefs. If you separate one from the other both die. Rational people have faith and political stances which are not of the same blood supply so you can be political and faithful because they are two very mutually exclusive parts of the Human Equation.
Patriotism allows you to follow poor leaders. There were no more blindly patriotic people in history than those who supported the post Weimar governments in Germany from 1933 to 1945. Even as the Russians crossed the border into Germany they sent their children to fight for their land and defend Berlin because it was their “patriotic duty.”
2. js | May 31st, 2008 at 7:54 am
Yup. We all know that patriotism runs deep in pelosi….just look at all the relatives she has working in government positions…its obvious…
3. neocon | May 31st, 2008 at 9:30 am
Impeach the bitch. She is a waste of flesh and an embarrassment for all women.
4. winnowhead | May 31st, 2008 at 10:20 am
Quick, gag me with a spoon. I can’t take this anymore…
5. Fish Fry | May 31st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Deleted - off topic.
6. William Teach | May 31st, 2008 at 10:58 am
Would that be an integrity of a Jimmy Carter, who let Iran fall and our people be held in bondage, and has bashed the USA ever since he was sent packing from office?
Or failed candidate Mike Dukakis, who let convicted murderers who were in prison with no chance of parol go on the weekends to go on killing and raping spree’s.
Or how about Clinton, who used the White House as a dating service, launched air strikes to distract from being impeached for lying to a federal grand jury, suborning testimony. Let’s not forget about the rape allegations.
Then we have Waffles Kerry, who slandered all the men who served in Vietnam, and continued to slander the men and women who serve in Iraq.
Then there is Obama, who doesn’t seem to even like the USA very much.
Yes, integrity.
7. Mark Noonan | May 31st, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Typical of our liberals, you don’t even answer for what she’s said - you’re getting further and further beneath contempt by the day.
8. FmrMarine | May 31st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Mark
These marxists are becoming more unhinged every day.
They are moving from annoying to dangerous.
PS
In refrence to an accusation from brett michaels of never being in the corps..I have posted some pics from my “younger” days.
http://picasaweb.google.com/rockwells10/NamPics
9. Mark Noonan | May 31st, 2008 at 1:22 pm
FmrMarine,
Kept your M-14, huh? Or had they not issued the M-16s to the jarheads by that point?
10. FmrMarine | May 31st, 2008 at 1:44 pm
I belonged to a small group, who operated through I corps. That is why I have pics from several places.
We had the choice to keep our 14’s or get the “new” 16’s. There had just had a disaster at hill 881- west of Khe Sanh with malfunctioning 16’s .
So some of us chose to keep the 14’s.
I also had the ability to carry a .45 which I always did.
The village shown is near the rockpile, the smoke puffs in the background were B-52 strikes 1.5- 2 miles away.
Notice how empty the ville was….EVERYONE took cover when the B-52’s were unloading….TOTALLY AWESOME!
11. Mark Noonan | May 31st, 2008 at 2:59 pm
FmrMarine,
Heard that from other guys who were in Vietnam when the 16s were first being issued…great weapon today, but had a lot of problems early on.
12. SEW | May 31st, 2008 at 3:08 pm
FmrMarine, Good pictures! I rather doubt Brett will be able to locate any of his marine pictures.
13. Fish Fry | May 31st, 2008 at 7:58 pm
5. Fish Fry | May 31st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Deleted - off topic.
So if I had said “Impeach the bitch” that would be on topic.
14. neocon | May 31st, 2008 at 8:40 pm
EXACTLY
What part of that sentence don’t you understand?