Ensign backs Bush on Iraq: Senator says history will show U.S. was right

And now, from the Last Gasp Society of the Dazed and Confused GOP:

WASHINGTON -- Sen. John Ensign came to President Bush's defense on Tuesday, saying history will show the United States was right to go to war in Iraq.

Ensign, R-Nev., delivered a Senate speech drawing attention to U.S. efforts to rebuild Iraq after unseating Saddam Hussein. He noted Iraqi security force training and the numbers of schools, commercial television stations and independent newspapers that have emerged in the post-war society.
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He credited the almost 10 million Iraqis who voted in elections last month to approve a new constitution.

"Because of America's leadership and compassion, the world has witnessed the end of Saddam Hussein's regime and the beginnings of an energetic democracy in Iraq," Ensign said.

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to slowly back away from the Preznit.

Either that, or he's not running for re-election next year and can afford to agree with overwhelmingly unpopular policy.

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because that's what conventional wisdom, history, seeming minor opponent, and polling in Nevada is saying.

Ensign has been such a Bush/Republican leadership lackey that it's probably not possible for him to distance himself anyway, so he's going the brazen pro-Bush route as the better gamble in his position.

Well, he thinks it's the better gamble for him with his colleagues and constituents. It is at present. In six or eight months it could be a rather different story.

:-(

"He noted Iraqi security force training and the numbers of schools, commercial television stations and independent newspapers that have emerged in the post-war society."

Just wondering, while we're patting ourselves on the back for all the work building up their infrastructure, how much of that infrastructure was destroyed during the fighting.

......oh....and as far as the Iraq security force training goes, have they managed to get more than ONE battalion that's battle-ready?

an Islamic dictatorship or a hard ass secular dictatorship after the dust settles.

that Bush was wrong, and that BushCo lied to sell the war. Period.

When do these idiots think "history" starts?

Same war of choice aggression, same lies, same shit different assholes.

Too funny.

Revisionist History!!!

:puke:

How about the tens of thousands who couldn't vote, because they were killed during the war and education? How about the 2000+ U.S. soldiers who won't get a chance to vote either, because they were killed during the war and invasion?

This guy is a Bush dead-ender.