Reid: Bush in denial over war in Iraq

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - With a veto fight looming, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (news, bio, voting record) said Monday that President Bush is in a state of denial over Iraq, "and the new Congress will show him the way" to a change in war policy.

Reid, D-Nev., said the Democratic-controlled House and Senate will soon pass a war funding bill that includes "a fair and reasonable timetable" for the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops. In a speech prepared for delivery, he challenged Bush to present an alternative if, as expected, he vetoes the measure.

Reid's office released excerpts of the speech a few hours before a scheduled presidential statement on the war.

The Senate majority leader drew criticism from Bush and others last week when he said the war in Iraq had been lost.

He did not repeat the assertion in his prepared speech, saying that "The military mission has long since been accomplished. The failure has been political. It has been policy. It has been presidential."



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everything we stand for when he does that.

I mean he comes out all big and bad and forceful. He tells the straight up truth. Then he gets some flack.

I wish he'd keep his mouth shut if he's going to back down in the end.

IMO, we on the left should consistently use the language appropriate to alcoholics---denial, enabler, withdrawal, addiction, etc.---to describe Bush's policies and pronouncements. Reid, using "denial", has done so, thus connecting with the public awareness of Bush's past.

He is NOT the best we have to offer. STAND UP AND FIGHT GODDAMMIT.

I am SO FUCKING SICK of this spineless jellyfish. We need a firebrand right now. The time demands it!!!

NO MORE EQUIVOCATION!

NO MORE BACKING DOWN.

EVERYONE knows the war is lost.

YOU COWARD, SPEAK UP AND STAND BY IT, OR THE BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS TOO!

Impeach all of them!