Posted on 08/24/2007 4:11:14 AM PDT by Aussie Dasher
President Bush has executed the "wrong war at the wrong time" and is now trying to justify staying in Iraq by falsely comparing withdrawal from there with U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam, according to Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"In an attempt to justify his stay-the-course strategy in Iraq, President Bush is offering false lessons from history," Pelosi said in a statement Wednesday. Her remarks were in response to Bush's claim, in a speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention, that "seeing the Iraqis through as they build their democracy is critical to keeping the American people safe from the terrorists who want to attack us."
"One unmistakable legacy of Vietnam is that the price of America's withdrawal was paid by millions of innocent citizens whose agonies would add to our vocabulary new terms like 'boat people,' 're-education camps,' and 'killing fields,'" said Bush.
"If we were to abandon the Iraqi people, the terrorists would be emboldened, and use their victory to gain new recruits," he said, adding that "unlike in Vietnam, if we withdraw before the job is done, this enemy will follow us home. And that is why, for the security of the United States of America, we must defeat them overseas so we do not face them in the United States of America."
In addition to stating that Bush's justification for keeping U.S. troops in Iraq is based on "false" notions, Pelosi dismissed reports that the troop surge is helping to maintain security by noting that the Iraqi government has been unproductive.
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Does anyone know who wrote Bush’s speech? It was FABULOUS!! And the delivery was GREAT!
All the KOOKS want Bush and Cheney impeached so Nan the Gran will be PRESIDENT!! HAHAHAHAHHAAHAHH!!
Blahblahblah...Pelosi’s just making up ways to cover up her desire to surrender and pin the blame on Bush for fighting the “wrong war at the wrong time.”
11% Nancy! 11 whopping percent...
Pelosi Criticizes Bush's Vietnam Remark
The truth hurts eh, Bug Eyes?
Pelosi has five children: Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul, and Alexandra.
Have any of them served? If not, why not?
She's a idiot in her own state!!!
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