Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Speaker to Be Pelosi Denies al Qaeda in Iraq Exists
President George Bush yesterday in Estonia stated that it's not yet a civil war in Iraq but that the Iraqi on Iraqi violence is largely being perpetrated by al Qaeda in Iraq. One can disagree with that statement regarding the degree of al Qaeda involvement, because sectarian violence started before the head of al Qaeda in Iraq, the late Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, escalated the latest round by blowing up the al Askari shrine, the so-called Golden Mosque, in Samarra, Iraq. But it is sheer idiocy to deny that al Qaeda in Iraq exists. So guess what position Speaker of the House Elect Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) took.
David Gregory: “Iraq's worsening civil war will dominate the President's meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Concluding his visit to Estonia earlier today, Mr. Bush blamed the violence not on civil war but on Sunni terrorists.”
President Bush at a press conference in Estonia: “There's a lot of sectarian violence taking place, fomented in my opinion because of these attacks by al Qaeda, causing people to seek reprisal. And we will work with the Maliki government to defeat these elements.”
Gregory: “Back in Washington, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disagreed, warning that such rhetoric about al Qaeda will make it harder for Democrats to work with the White House.”
Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “The 9/11 Commission dismissed that notion a long time ago and I feel sad that the President is resorting to it again.”
Actually the 9/11 Commission wrote about a supposed lack of pre 9-11 operational links between the Iraq government under Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda (in Afghanistan) under Osama bin Laden, and of course something released on July 22, 2004 could not possibly comment on things that have occurred and are occurring after that date.
I've never been impressed with many Democrats' grasp of the facts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Pelosi is at best sadly misinformed and at worst a complete dolt about those areas. Neither supplies the fuel for confidence for the future of the House leadership. Pelosi--what a maroon!
UPDATE: Dafydd (he's Welsh) at Big Lizards Blog has about the same take except a little more funny with a cool reference/exegesis to The Shining. But otherwise pretty similar.
David Gregory: “Iraq's worsening civil war will dominate the President's meeting with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Concluding his visit to Estonia earlier today, Mr. Bush blamed the violence not on civil war but on Sunni terrorists.”
President Bush at a press conference in Estonia: “There's a lot of sectarian violence taking place, fomented in my opinion because of these attacks by al Qaeda, causing people to seek reprisal. And we will work with the Maliki government to defeat these elements.”
Gregory: “Back in Washington, incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi disagreed, warning that such rhetoric about al Qaeda will make it harder for Democrats to work with the White House.”
Incoming Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “The 9/11 Commission dismissed that notion a long time ago and I feel sad that the President is resorting to it again.”
Actually the 9/11 Commission wrote about a supposed lack of pre 9-11 operational links between the Iraq government under Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda (in Afghanistan) under Osama bin Laden, and of course something released on July 22, 2004 could not possibly comment on things that have occurred and are occurring after that date.
I've never been impressed with many Democrats' grasp of the facts in Iraq and Afghanistan, but Pelosi is at best sadly misinformed and at worst a complete dolt about those areas. Neither supplies the fuel for confidence for the future of the House leadership. Pelosi--what a maroon!
UPDATE: Dafydd (he's Welsh) at Big Lizards Blog has about the same take except a little more funny with a cool reference/exegesis to The Shining. But otherwise pretty similar.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 5:24 PM 
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http://boortz.com/nuze/200611/11302006.html#pelosi
Boortz also has the same take.
Mark Dunn
Boortz also has the same take.
Mark Dunn
# posted by 
: 7:19 AM
: 7:19 AM
Thanks Mark. He points out that al Qaeda in Iraq released a tape in November claiming 12,000 fighting members. He calls her stupid too.
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