Right Voices

Read Robert’s post to update yourself on what this idiot is talking about:

“I hope we don’t hear any glorification of what happened in Basra,” said Pelosi, referring to a recent military offensive against Shiite militants in the city led by the Iraqi government and supported by U.S. forces.

Although powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a ceasefire after six days of fighting, Pelosi wondered why the U.S. was caught off guard by the offensive and questioned how the ceasefire was achieved, saying the terms were “probably dictated from Iran.”

“We have to know the real ground truths of what is happening there, not put a shine on events because of a resolution that looks less violent when in fact it has been dictated by al-Sadr, who can grant or withhold that call for violence,” Pelosi said.

She wants a made up version of the truth! She wants to hear what suits her needs, not that which is based on the reality of the situation.

Pelosi held a press conference Thursday morning with House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-Mo.) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-Calif.) to preview their message ahead of the visit from Petraeus and Crocker.

The Democrats hammered two themes: The war in Iraq has stretched the military dangerously thin, and the enormous cost of the war is threatening the health of the U.S. economy.

“The stretch and strain on our military is like never before,” said Skelton. “I am terribly worried about this.”
Underscoring the Democrats’ economic points, Pelosi asked why the U.S. military in Iraq and Americans back home are paying more for gasoline than the Iraqis are.

“Our troops in Iraq are paying about $3.25 a gallon for gas in Iraq, comparable to what we pay here, while the Iraqis are paying $1.36 a gallon,” Pelosi said. “This is a raw deal for the American taxpayer.”

The Democrats appeared skeptical they were going to hear anything new from Petraeus and Crocker.
“Every event in Iraq seems to be a justification [by the administration] for more troops, more time and more money in Iraq,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), the Democratic Caucus chairman. “We are in a policy cul du sac. We just keep going around and around in circles.”

Neither Pelosi nor Skelton addressed questions about what will be included in a supplemental war funding bill Congress is expected to take up later this month, explaining that they wanted to focus on the upcoming Petraeus-Crocker testimony instead.

With the situation improving in Iraq, the Democrats will not like what they are hearing.

Please see: War News: Pelosi “Warns” General Petraeus? and thanks for the link Snooper!