Over And Over Again
By Mitch Berg
Slow Joe Biden knows how to win a war. Oh, yes he does.
Not like any of those soldiers or anything:
President Bush’s war strategy is failing and the top military commander in iraq is “dead flat wrong” for warning against major changes, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.
“Dead flat wrong…” about…what?
“The reality is that although there’s been some mild security progress, there is in fact no security in Baghdad or Anbar province where I was dealing with the most serious problem, sectarian violence,” said Biden, a 2008 presidential candidate who recently returned from Iraq.
Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were scheduled to testify before four congressional committees, including Biden’s, on Monday and Tuesday. Lawmakers will hear how the commander and the diplomat assess progress in Iraq and offer recommendations about the course of war strategy…Petraeus and Crocker will say the buildup of 30,000 troops, which bring the current U.S. total to nearly 170,000, is working better than any previous effort to quell the insurgency and restore stability. The officials also disputed suggestions that Petraeus and Crocker would recommend anything more than a symbolic reduction in troop levels and then only in the spring.
Biden, signaling that tough questioning awaits the pair from majority Democrats and moderate Republicans, said Petraeus’ assessment missed the point. Biden, D-Del., said focusing on a political solution, such as by creating more local control, was the only way to foster national reconciliation among warring factions.
“I really respect him, but I think he’s dead flat wrong,” Biden said.
Creating political control in a situation where people are afraid to go to work in the morning is…
…well, almost too stupid to be Joe Biden. This is Barbara Boxer-level cretinism.
September 10th, 2007 at 6:31 am
When Fightin’ Joe Biden says someone is “dead flat wrong”, they are. Because he says so, and he’s Gumby – I mean Joe Biden, dammit!
Man, I’m glad this putz is in the opposition.
September 10th, 2007 at 8:33 am
Laura Ingraham played a bunch of Democratic sound clips……attacking the general before he even spoke.
I can’t believe that party runs congress. That hatred and contempt for our military is nuts. Oh wait, but they support the troops.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Yeah, Republicans reserve their hatred and contempt for *former* military officers, who have pretty consistently said the administration is fucking up in Iraq. I guess we should really only respect officers who parrot the adminstration line.
September 10th, 2007 at 11:49 am
Yeah, Republicans reserve their hatred and contempt for *former* military officers, who have pretty consistently said the administration is fucking up in Iraq.
Well, actually, I did a ton of writing about that a few weeks ago; some of them (the ones that argued that we should be doing what Petraeus is doing now) were right! Others – the ones that said we needed to pump half a million men into the country a la Desert Storm, and revive the draft if necessary to do it, were palpably full of it.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Biden is a politician. Of COURSE everything looks like a nail to him.
September 10th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Maybe I’m too cynical, but this seems to part of an on-going Dem effort to move the conflict in Iraq from a military arena to a political/diplomatic arena where congress will have a greater influence.
September 10th, 2007 at 2:34 pm
Yeah Terry, cause who wouldn’t want to own this awesome war your dumbass president got us into? There’s political glory all over it.
September 10th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
I was under the impression clown lived in the NY area. Apparently he/she/it is a foreign poster. Anyone know clown talk? Post in the native language and make him/her/it feel at home?
September 10th, 2007 at 5:28 pm
Clown talk is just like your language, buzzkill. Only intelligent.
September 10th, 2007 at 7:36 pm
Snark! Snark! Snark-snark-snark. Snark-a-rino, snarking snark-snarker! Bushitler! Snark-snark!