Posted on 06/26/2005 5:52:26 PM PDT by baystaterebel
WOLF BLITZER, HOST: It's noon in Washington, 9:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 7:00 p.m. in Beirut and 8:00 p.m. in Baghdad. Wherever you're watching from around the world thanks very much for joining us for "LATE EDITION." We'll get to our interview with General Abizaid in just a moment, and later we'll also get the views of Senator Edward Kennedy. But first, a quick check of what's in the news right now.
(NEWSBREAK)
BLITZER: On Tuesday President Bush is set to deliver a prime time televised address to the nation to try to explain U.S. policy in Iraq. Polls show support for that policy down dramatically here in the United States.
Just a short while ago I spoke with the commander of the U.S. military Central Command, General John Abizaid, about the challenges of battling a relentless insurgency in Iraq and a lot more.
(Excerpt) Read more at transcripts.cnn.com ...
A blog I read turned me on to this and made a great point. Kennedy says we should be focusing on al-Qaida. Are we not killing al-Qaida members by the bucketfulls in Iraq? I think this is why they left his name out of the transcript header. Even they know deep down inside that he is a freakin moron.
ABIZAID: When my soldiers say to me and ask me the question whether or not they've got support from the American people or not, that worries me. And they are starting to do that.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
BLITZER: What did you mean by that?
ABIZAID: We don't need to fight this war looking over our shoulder worrying about the support back home. We need to know we've got the support back home. American soldiers fight best when they know the people back home are behind them.
We are fighting for all the right reasons, against one of the most despicable and dangerous enemies this nation has ever faced. We need to know that the people are with us.
I caught just the tail end of the interview with Gen.Abizaid but what I caught was excellent.
The general pinned Wolfie's ears back! LOL
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Does this get re-broadcast later? I saw Al-Jafaari on CSPAN a couple days ago. He was phenomenal, outstanding.
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