Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is under fire for his comment that the Iraq war is "lost," with Republicans saying that it sends the wrong message to U.S. troops fighting in Iraq.
Reid, D-Nev., said yesterday that the war is lost and President Bush's plan to send more troops there to respond to sectarian violence won't work: "I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq (Wednesday)," Reid said. Bush will address Reid's comments in his speech today to defend his leadership in the war and to continue pushing Congress to send him a war-funding bill without a timetable.
Bush Defends Iraq War; Republicans Blast Harry Reid for Saying Fight Is 'Lost' Friday, April 20, 2007
WASHINGTON — President Bush fought off Democratic criticism over his handling of the war in Iraq Friday after fellow Republicans blasted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's comments that the war is 'lost.' "No matter how frustrating the fight in Iraq can be, no matter how much we wish this war was over, the security of our country depends directly on the outcome of Iraq," Bush told an audience at East Grand Rapids High School, vowing to keep troops in Iraq until the job is done. Reid, D-Nev., fired back at Bush, saying "no one wants us to succeed in Iraq more than Democrats." "We heard the same old story from the president today because his strategy calls for more of the same. It’s a failed strategy for our troops in Iraq, it’s a failed strategy for our security at home and it’s dangerous that the president refuses to recognize the reality on the ground in Iraq," Reid said from the Senate floor. • SPEAKOUT: Do you think the war is lost? Reid ignited a political firestorm after saying Thursday that the war in Iraq is lost and Bush's plan to send more troops there to quell sectarian violence won't work. "I believe myself that the secretary of state, secretary of defense and — you have to make your own decisions as to what the president knows — (know) this war is lost and the surge is not accomplishing anything as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq (Wednesday)," Reid said. Bush traveled to Grand Rapids, Mich., Friday to defend his leadership in the war and to continue pushing Congress to send him a war-funding bill without a timetable to begin withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq. "Despite the initial signs of progress on the ground, despite the fact that many reinforcements have not even arrived, the Democratic leadership in Congress is pushing legislation that would undercut the strategy General David Petraeus has just started to pursue," Bush said. "If we were to concede Iraq to basically Al Qaeda, in a sense, they would follow us here." Republicans blasted Reid's comments on the House floor Thursday night.
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