Dems say the Surge is work but let’s surrender anyway
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Democratic Sens. Bob Casey and Dick Durbin just returned from Iraq and gave an interview to John Roberts of CNN. They have to admit the Surge is working, but they refuse to admit they are wrong.
My Washington bureau provided a transcript. Here are my highlights:
<<< DURBIN: There were two important parts of this story, the military type as Senator Casey said the men and women were doing their best and making real progress. We found that today as we went to a forward base. The fifth year of the war, it’s the first time we’re putting troops on the ground to intercept al Qaeda. There’s another side to this story the Brookings institution shouldn’t miss. As we are seeing military progress, any political scene is discouraging. We are seeing the al Maliki government once branded the government of unity coming apart. We are seeing Sunnis and others leaving and not becoming the stability of this country. >>>
Well, that is nicer than Durbin’s last assessment of the American military, in which he said our troops did things that “have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings.” That was based on a false report. Durbin later apologized.
While admitting the Surge is working, Democrats are not surrendering on their call for a surrender. There was this part:
<<< ROBERTS: I understand all of that. Everybody in the Democratic Party is saying the surge has failed. Senator Casey, do you agree with your colleague there are some signs of military progress here?
CASEY: Sure, there are, John. We have said in the beginning, our troops are doing their job. The problem is the president of the United States continues to insist on stay the course policy, no change in direction, no sense the American people can determine there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. That’s why I think there’s a bipartisan agreement right now to change the course. I think the president should listen to the will of the American people
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ROBERTS: Senator Casey, you supported this bill to bring troops home. Have you seen anything to change your mind on that while you’re there?
CASEY: No. I supported it and I voted initially, way back in the beginning of the year, against the surge. I think they’re the right votes and continue to be the right votes. We have to make sure that the diplomacy and the political work done in Washington, as well as in Baghdad, what we’re seeing now is the Iraqi government officials have left, we’re seeing Sunni representatives have walked out and are boycotting. So the political work in Baghdad and Washington has to match the courage and the dedication of our troops. We haven’t seen that yet. >>>
The irony is that Democrats have cried for 2 years for the president to change the course. Change the course. Change the course. He did and now they are saying the course they want taken will not work. Will not work. Will not work.
Roberts then ended the interview by pointing out the Iraqi parliament is on vacation. He thanked the senators without pointing out that our Senate is on vacation until September.
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