The reactions of Kansas’ Republican senators to the Capitol Hill update from Gen. David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker were predictably upbeat:
“It’s still a difficult situation. Overall, certainly from a year ago, from where we were a year ago, this is a real turnaround,” said Sen. Sam Brownback.”His recommendation for a pause in troop reductions makes common sense if we are to preserve the progress we have made to date,” said Sen. Pat Roberts, who also called the shortening of deployments from 15 to 12 months “overdue.”
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Goals are one thing.
Mandates are another.
We do not need 100 Secretaries of Defense!
Every year for the past five years Bush has said we’ve been making significant progress. BTW, why does the media insist on calling this escalation a surge? Surges are temporary, this has been going on for quite some time.
I hear the chocolate ration is up.
Pat Roberts has been a BushBot enabler for as long as this war has been going on. Of course he is happy that Patreus continues to claim that “stay the failed course” is working.
You mean former senator Pat Roberts . . .
Of course the Republicans are going to be pleased at anything that can keep their wars going longer. Did we expect anything else? The only way the war- which never should have been started- will end is when all the Republicans are gone. Otherwise a baby born today can look forward to going to Iraq- or even Iran 18 years from now. It is time for us to vote the GOP out of power for good!
During the week of Petraeus testimony, Iran had it’s bloodiest week of the year, no wonder Patsy Roberts is pleased.