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THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 8, 2006
4:09 p.m.
Some Democrats, breaking ranks from their leadership, today said the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab Zarqawi in Iraq was a stunt to divert attention from an unpopular and hopeless war.
"This is just to cover Bush's [rear] so he doesn't have to answer" for Iraqi civilians being killed by the U.S. military and his own sagging poll numbers, said Rep. Pete Stark, California Democrat. "Iraq is still a mess -- get out."
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, said Zarqawi was a small part of "a growing anti-American insurgency" and that it's time to get out.
"We're there for all the wrong reasons," Mr. Kucinich said.
Officially, Democratic leaders reacted positively to the news and praised the troops that successfully targeted al Qaeda's leader in Iraq with 500-pound bombs at his safe house 30 miles from Baghdad.
"This is a good day for the Iraqi people, the U.S. military and our intelligence community," said Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
President Bush said that yesterday's killing of the 39-year-old Jordanian-born terrorist offers an opportunity to "turn the tide" in the war and that Tuesday he will discuss with Iraqi leaders "how to best deploy America's resources in Iraq."
A senior White House official cautioned that Mr. Bush was not hinting at possible early reductions in U.S. troops there, according to Reuters news agency
Originally posted by dgtempe
I think this is going to blow up in this administration faces.
Originally posted by dgtempe
The only way the Republicans will win the elections (should there be one) is by cheating again- or worse. A police state wouldnt require anyone bothering to head to the polls, would it.
Originally posted by Nygdan
Huh? They killed a guy that was, minimally, the head of a violent gang of thugs involved in the insurgency. How is that going to backfire on them???
I'll agree that the Pentagon 'inflated' the Zarqawi 'mythos', and that they probably hoped that a side benefit from that would be that one day he would get killed. But, either way, its still a success.
Originally posted by dgtempe
Dont shoot the messenger:
I also expect the dead Osama to be killed and caught, and pictures plastered, while at the same time, they tell us HE's BEEN REPLACED by an even more notorious, riffle wielding terrorist nut.
Everything they do is highly questionable, my dear.
Originally posted by dgtempe
I was pointing out that the Dems thought it was another ruse by the White House.
A stunt.
You're not going to tell me that they didnt pull this rabbit out of their hats at the time when the military was getting such bad publicity?
I also expect the dead Osama to be killed and caught, and pictures plastered, while at the same time, they tell us HE's BEEN REPLACED by an even more notorious, riffle wielding terrorist nut.
Officially, Democratic leaders reacted positively to the news and praised the troops that successfully targeted al Qaeda's leader in Iraq with 500-pound bombs at his safe house 30 miles from Baghdad.
Originally posted by TONE23
was there not a story on prison planet that showed that the Pentagon knowingly exaggerated the importance of Zarqawi?
And if they did admit to it then why all the hooplah?