Harry Reid... what can I say about this man that won't get me kicked out of blogger? Whenever I hear him speak or read another one of his patented "failure" quotes I just want to vomit. I have never heard someone so absolutely invested in failure in my life. This man is a menace - to our country and our security. The KOS kidz must have him by the short hairs cause he sure is utilizing their talking points...
But to my surprise, Jake Tapper over at ABC News, who is not known for being a supporter of the Bush Administration really nailed Mr. Failure today. It started out with this statement on Tapper's blog at ABC's website...
One question I have yet to hear answered by the Democrats -- what happens if we withdraw? Do they think it likely that Iraq will become stable? That a civil war will spiral into a larger regional conflict? That the US may have to invade once again due to concerns both geopolitical and economic (read: fossil fuels)?
Then Tapper went to the Democratic Worship Service and posed quite a question to Harry Failure...
TAPPER: Senator Reid, what do you say to critics who say, "Look, the Senate voted, including two of you up on the stage, to authorize the president to use force in Iraq. Is there not a moral obligation of the United States to make sure that the Iraqi people are safe before the U.S. withdraws"? It's very clear that withdrawing U.S. troops might make U.S. troops safer, but it won't necessarily make the Iraqi people safer.
Cue the music cause old Harry went into full tap dancing mode...
SENATE MAJORITY LEADER HARRY REID, D-NEV: As reported in the news this morning, 69 percent of Iraqis feel they are less safe because of the presence of Americans; 21 percent of the Iraqi people feel they're safer. That's pretty clear that American troops who are over there protecting the Shias, the Sunnis and the Kurds -- they're not welcome. That's the reason that they're doing a good job of protecting the Shias, Kurds and Sunnis, but they are all trying to kill our soldiers. That is a recipe to bring our troops home. And that's why the Levin-Reed amendment is so critically important. …It transitions the mission within 120 days, and by the first day of May of next year, our troops will be out of there, our combat troops will be out of there. They will be left to do counterterrorism, training the Iraqis -- continuing to train the Iraqis and protecting our resources. That's what the Iraqi people want and that's what American people want.
Tapper persisted but the tap dancing failuremonger just kept moving his little feet...
TAPPER: I'm sorry, if I could just follow up very quickly...Do you think the Iraqi people will be safer with U.S. troops out?
REID: It is clear that the Iraqi people don't want us there. It is clear that there is now a state of chaos in Iraq. And it is up to the Iraqi people to make themselves safe….We can't do it. It's time the training wheels come off and they take care of their own country. We have spent billions dollars. We're now spending $12 billion a month on Iraq. That's enough. In the last six months of the surge, six months, 600 more dead Americans, $60 billion more of American taxpayers' money. We, Democrats, unitedly believe that's enough.
TAPPER: With all due respect, Senator, you didn't answer my question.
REID: OK. This is not a debate.
TAPPER: Will the Iraqis be safer?
REID: We're answering questions. (calling on someone else) Yes, young man? Anyone else have a question?
REID: It is clear that the Iraqi people don't want us there. It is clear that there is now a state of chaos in Iraq. And it is up to the Iraqi people to make themselves safe….We can't do it. It's time the training wheels come off and they take care of their own country. We have spent billions dollars. We're now spending $12 billion a month on Iraq. That's enough. In the last six months of the surge, six months, 600 more dead Americans, $60 billion more of American taxpayers' money. We, Democrats, unitedly believe that's enough.
TAPPER: With all due respect, Senator, you didn't answer my question.
REID: OK. This is not a debate.
TAPPER: Will the Iraqis be safer?
REID: We're answering questions. (calling on someone else) Yes, young man? Anyone else have a question?
Mark this day down cause this may be the one and only time that I give a Chickenhawk High Five to Jake Tapper...
Since Harry the tap dancing fool likes to spew statistics and data, how bout a little sourcing for that information. So Mr. Failure - I dare you...
CITE. YOUR. SOURCES.
BTW - the cartoon above is by Michael Ramirez. Other cartoons by Ramirez can be found here.
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