Pelosi: Bush Wants 10 More Years Of War

Office of the Speaker   |   September 11, 2007 08:20 PM


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Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after meeting at the White House with President Bush on Iraq:


"President Bush's policy announced by General Petraeus is a path to 10 more years of war in Iraq. General Petraeus' testimony to Congress drew a bright line: redeployment is not an option; endless war in Iraq is the Administration's only option.

"Under the Bush plan, 130,000 Americans will remain in harm's way in Iraq at a cost of hundreds of billions of additional taxpayer dollars. This status quo policy was rejected by General James Jones, whose recent report stated that significant force reductions are possible and that we must reduce our military footprint in Iraq.

"The Bush-Petraeus plan of 130,000 Americans in Iraq for 10 more years is not a reduction in our footprint; it is an insult to the intelligence of the American people to call that a new direction. It is a status quo plan that tells the Iraqi government that they do not need to change.

"The American people long ago rejected the President's plan to stay in Iraq, which is why they voted for a New Direction in 2006. Yet, with his veto pen and the 60-vote hurdle in the Senate, the President is preventing the redeployment of our troops, the rebuilding of our military, and the refocusing of our nation's efforts on fighting terrorism."

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- dhfsfc I'm a Fan of dhfsfc 8 fans permalink

Did anyone else see Nancy on Colbert last night, simpering like an idiot? And if you did, ask yourself WHY she was elected to lead the Senate. These Dems are as venal, and incompetent, as they come.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:32 AM on 09/12/2007
- andrushka I'm a Fan of andrushka 2 fans permalink

Miss Pelosi is probably right, but who's to blame? Had she started impeachment procedures as practically everybody 's asking, we would certainly a different picture!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:15 AM on 09/12/2007
- Macready I'm a Fan of Macready 62 fans permalink

Speaker Pelosi . . . these guys want endless war . . . they want to enrich the US oil companies and keep the military-industrial complex going . . . they have completed destroyed the US and Iraq . . . have you just woken up to this? I guess better late than never . . . Put impeachment on the agenda NOW!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!­!! and stop funding US and Israeli terrorism in the Middle East NOW!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 05:44 AM on 09/12/2007

Pelosi will not end the war either. Remember folks its Israel, Rockefeller (CFR, Bildeberger) that runs the country and the banks are his tools. Hmm the dollar is crashing isn't it?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:07 AM on 09/12/2007

Yeah, and Pelosi wants to add some years to No Child Left Behind. Tell her to drop it! And if you're in Congressman George Miller's district (as I am), SCOLD HIM!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:06 AM on 09/12/2007
- Tennwoman I'm a Fan of Tennwoman 3 fans permalink

Why does Pelosi bother telling us what she thinks? She hasn't done a damn thing to get us out of this quagmire. Further, I haven't wasted a moment of my time listening to anything she has said since she took impeachment "off the table." She's as useless as my "Yellow-Dog Democrat" Congressman, Lincoln Davis. She's almost as worthless as my Senators, Alexander and Corker, whose expertise lies in kissing Bush's butt.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:42 AM on 09/12/2007
- researcher I'm a Fan of researcher 112 fans permalink

she thinks she is smart like a fox. keep this war going and call it bush's war until nov 2008.

she wants it all in 2008. house majority, senate majority, and white house a demo.

then she can pass the bills she has wanted to pass all her life.
American blood not does faze her. politicians think like politicians it is about power.


defund the war Nancy or get impeached. Go home and play grandma your incompetence is costing thousands upon thousands of Iraqi lives and hundreds of American lives.

are the American voters gullible enough to believe her oh yes and more? She has an 80% approval rating in her district. That is gullible with a capital G.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:25 AM on 09/12/2007
- springsm I'm a Fan of springsm 54 fans permalink

Well Pelosi, you had your chance to do soemthing and you wiggled away. What do you have to tell us that is credible.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:01 AM on 09/12/2007

I have become resigned to the fact that all we can expect from "Pandering Nancy" and "Pillow Talking HARRY" is connivery and to see both of them go to hell with their cohorts, when this crap is all over. See ya but I would't want to be ya, Nancy and Harry! I don't hate you but I surely do dispise both of you disengenuous scallywags. May the Lord have mercy on your miscreant and pitiful souls.

PS. Unless I'm sadly mistaken, I believe that everyone can see straight thru your conivery and BS, so you need to stop deluding yourselves by thinking that you are fooling any of us anymore..

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:54 AM on 09/12/2007
- mica I'm a Fan of mica permalink

Well Nancy just cut off the money for his war

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:09 AM on 09/12/2007
- freespeach I'm a Fan of freespeach 59 fans permalink

Sorry Nancy but since November 06 you have:

Taken impeachment off the table which is an obvious betrayal of the American people, and an assault on the Constitution and the rule of law.

Fully funded the criminal immoral occupation of Iraq with no strings for Bush with the initial $124 billion.

Also removed language from that funding bill which asserted the rights of Congress over Bush as it relates to war with Iran.....d­isgusting.

Quietly, in a sneaky fashion given your support to the hydrocarbon law for Iraq (created by Dick Cheney Exxon and Cheveron) which is the theft to 80% of Iraq's oil. Renaming it a "benchmark" didn't fool us.

Caved in on the FISA law changes requested by Bush the criminal so he could continue to spy on American citizens.

And as the link provided by nopartygal indicates, you are now delaying action by Conyers to prosecute Republican criminals.

Nancy is a Bush enabler and complicit in all of the misery blood and guts that criminal George creates. Shame.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:05 AM on 09/12/2007

Too much beltway footsie.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:14 PM on 09/12/2007

But I AM making America safer in many ways. First, there is the fact that we are killin' many, many terrorists every day. Second, there is the fact that we are fighting them over there instead of here in the good old USA. Third, America is safer because we aren't allowing terrorists to have all of the oil. Fifth, there is the fact that Sadaam is gone and can't get us with WMD. Also, there are a couple of secret reasons that I can't tell you about for national security reasons.

I am proud that this is my war and we will win! God bless America!!

By the way, have you guys seen the new ipod iphone!! It's an iphone with no phone which is what I've been waiting for cause we have to use secure phones here at the White House. I can't wait to get mine!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:47 PM on 09/11/2007

With the respect due you NANCY, YOU ARE PITIFUL!
We did not put you in office to be a stenogropher for BUSCO. Anyone with a brain already know that they intend to stay in Irac until our treasury is broke and the army is broken to smithereens and Armageddon comes to whip their asses for the final time. But YOU SEEM TO BE CLUELESS ABOUT ALMOST EVERYTHING. You have no stategy , you have no discernment , you have no courage, you are in fact, a trophy congress person. with little or no influence to do a damn thing that really counts except feebly complain. And I hate that you are the first woman to hold that office because you are not capable of doing the heavy lifting that's required to get the job done. The Peter Principle is punking you out on this job. Therefore, you should be a TRUE PATRIOT and step down and then lobby for Maxine Waters or Barbara Lee to take your place, for the sake of the country. And while you are at it, please ask "Pillow Talking HARRY" TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY AND LET OBAMA OR SOMEONE WITH SOME CAHONAS TAKE HIS PLACE AS WELL.
Tell the truth and shame the devil!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:13 PM on 09/11/2007
- nopartygal I'm a Fan of nopartygal 6 fans permalink

AceInTheHole -

Brave and nice thoughts, but I wouldn't count on any of that. Who would protect Bush and his gang of criminals then?

Nancy knows her job and does it well. She got where she is on her Trojan Horse, campaigning on Huffpo and elsewhere with lovely phrases and lofty promises. Now that she is entrenched in her position of power, she is going to stick around and provide the cover the Bush Administration needs to continue their heinous activities. She is not weak, she is a traitor. She is strong for her masters.

There is a lot of blood on those well-manicured hands, Nance. Be careful, because people are really starting to notice... When you lay with pigs, you start a'smellin too.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:39 PM on 09/11/2007

nopartygirl-


Word up my friend!
You said,
"When you lie with pigs you start smelling too"

And I say,
AND WHEN YOU SLEEP WITH THE DEVIL DON'T BE SUPRISED WHEN YOUR DREAM TURNS INTO A NIGHTMARE.

AceInTheHole

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:22 AM on 09/12/2007
- Wiredwilly I'm a Fan of Wiredwilly 23 fans permalink

Impeachment is the Constitutional answer yet Pelosi does nothing.
Cindy Sheehan will win her seat.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 PM on 09/11/2007

The only words I want to hear from Pelosi's mouth are "I will impeach Bush and Cheney."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:59 PM on 09/11/2007
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