Blatherer of the House Spews Her Venom

White House, Democrats step up words war on Iraq

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Intensifying a war of words over a U.S. troop buildup in Iraq, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi accused President George W. Bush on Friday of playing politics with soldiers' lives, a charge the White House called "poisonous."

"The president knows that because the troops are in harm's way that we won't cut off the resources," Pelosi, head of the Democratic-led House, told ABC's "Good Morning America. "That's why he's moving so quickly to put them in harm's way."

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Newly empowered congressional Democrats pushing for a phased withdrawal from Iraq are gathering support even from within Bush's own Republican ranks for a nonbinding resolution opposing the troop increase.

But most senior Democrats have stopped short of threatening to withhold funding, mindful that would allow the administration to accuse them of abandoning the troops as the 2008 presidential campaign gears up.

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"HISTORIC BLUNDER"

Pelosi, a California liberal who earlier this month became the first woman to lead the House, insisted on Friday that Democrats would never deny funding to U.S. forces in wartime.

"But we will hold the president accountable," she said. "He has to answer for his war. He has dug a hole so deep he can't even see the light on this. It's a tragedy. It's a historic blunder."

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The White House struck back at Pelosi for suggesting Bush had political motives for moving quickly on the troop increase. "Those particular comments were poisonous," Perino said.

"Speaker Pelosi was arguing in essence that the president is putting young men and women in harm's way for tactical political reasons and she's questioning his motivations, rather than questioning his policies," she said.

Perino maintained that Bush "is sending the troops to Iraq quickly because he wants to win."(emphasis ours)
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Got that, soldiers? Your mission is "a historic blunder".

Baathist diehards and al Qaeda imports, did ya catch that?

George Bush wants to win.

Our military wants to win.

The Iraqis want to win.

The terrorists want to win.

Apparently, only the Disloyal Opposition wants to lose.

Perhaps we're off base inasmuch as Granny Botox sees this conflict as "his war", not America's.

In that case, she should have proffered legislation to withhold funds the morning after the "surge" speech, well before this initial brigade was deployed.

But an outcome to the war favorable to the U.S. and its allies, of course, is not the issue.

The 2008 Presidential Election is.

That U.S. surrender in Iraq would embolden the enemies of Civilization apparently matters to Pelosi about as much as the deleterious economic effects of forcing employers to overpay unskilled workers.

There are still around 17,000 (in our opinion, not enough) troops still to be deployed as part of this effort.

They are not yet in harm's way.

It will be instructive to see if Nance puts her denial-of-money where her stretched-way-too-tight mouth is.