Critics of President George Bush’s surge/escalation/augmentation plan for Iraq are undercutting the troops (does this include the military present and past who’ve criticized it?).
Can you guess who said this? Here’s more…and you’ll know:
Cheney brought Osama bin Laden in to the argument, saying that attempts to reverse U.S. policy on Iraq was exactly “what he wants.” He claimed that al-Qaeda pays a good deal of attention to criticism in Congress and polls. He said war decisions can’t be based on polls. Reminded by Wallace this it was more than polls — voters had spoken loudly in November — Cheney said that didn’t change the matter.
When Wallace pointed out that many Republicans opposed the latest plan, Cheney said, “Chuck Hagel hasn’t been with us for a long time.”
But aren’t there more….Republicans…opposing it….than…Chuck… Hagel?
(Just a question..)
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.