· “I believe … that this war is lost, and this surge is not accomplishing anything, as is shown by the extreme violence in Iraq.”
· When asked if the American military surge is a success…, “Well, that would be a real big problem for us, no question about that.”
· “If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime—Pol Pot or others—that had no concern for human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners.”
· “You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don’t you get stuck in Iraq.”
· “We’ve got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we’re not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there.”
· “If a young fella has an option of having a decent career or joining the army to fight in Iraq, you can bet your life that he would not be in Iraq.”
· “And let me be clear. The violence in Anbar has gone down in spite of the Surge, not because of the Surge. The inability of American soldiers to protect these tribes from Al Qaeda said to these tribes, ‘We have to fight Al Qaeda ourselves’.”
· General Petraeus’ progress report on Iraq requires “a willing suspension of disbelief.”
· “And there is no reason… that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the – of – the historical customs, religious customs.”
· “[American] troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood.”
ALL OF THESE QUOTES CAME FROM DEMOCRATS WHO CURRENTLY HOLD OFFICE. ALL OF THESE POLITICIANS HAVE INDEPENDENTLY CLAIMED TO SUPPORT OUR TROOPS. WHO NEEDS ENEMIES WHEN YOU HAVE SUPPORTERS LIKE THIS?
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