Knaves: Rep. Silvestre Reyes, Texas Democrat, who could learn a thing or two about honesty.
Last year, as late as December in fact, Mr. Reyes had sound advice for the Bush administration. "We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, to take the militias and stabilize Iraq... I would say 20,000 to 30,000, for the specific purpose of making sure those militias are dismantled, working in concert with the Iraqi military."
After listening to President Bush's address to the nation the other night, during which he explicitly stated that he would send 20,000 more troops to Iraq, wouldn't it appear as if Mr. Reyes got what he wanted?
Incredibly, no. Following the president's speech, Mr. Reyes, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee said, "We don't have the capability to escalate even to this minimal level [20,000 more troops]." Slip of the tongue perhaps? Hardly. On his Web site, Mr. Reyes wrote: "President Bush's decision to send more troops into Iraq is the wrong one."
Nothing has fundamentally changed about either the U.S. military or the situation in Iraq in a month for Mr. Reyes to shamelessly contradict himself. If Mr. Reyes thinks otherwise, he should articulate himself to the American people.
Until then, Mr. Reyes is the Knave of the week. |
