Gates 'respectfully' disagrees with Reid that 'war is lost'

Source: CNN

BAGHDAD (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in Iraq to meet with commanders and assess the progress of the Baghdad security crackdown, said Friday he disagrees with the Senate majority leader's declaration that the war in Iraq has been "lost."

"I have respect for Harry Reid," Gates told reporters on Friday. "But I respectfully disagree with what he said."

Reid, D-Nevada, made his remarks in the Senate on Thursday, a day after a particularly bloody day in Baghdad, when nearly 200 people were killed in six bombings. He indicated he believes that Gates held the same view about the war now.

"I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and -- you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows -- (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday," Reid said.

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Gates obviously doesn't remember if he is working at the CIA or the DOD either :shrug:

There is a point when reality eventually slaps fantasy on it's ass

George Bush, etc.

No amount of reality slaps will make these people see the truth.

Stating the obvious here, but every day is a particularly bloody day in Iraq. BushCo makes sure of that.

Cypher: You know, I know this steak doesn't exist. I know that when I put it in my mouth, the Matrix is telling my brain that it is juicy and delicious. After nine years, you know what I realize?

(Takes a bite of steak)

Cypher: Ignorance is bliss.

Shazam!

:sarcasm:

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stall, stall, stall

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