Biden faults Petraeus' assessment

[jwt5]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070909/ap_on_go_co/us_iraq

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 1 minute ago



WASHINGTON - President Bush's war strategy is failing and the top military commander in Iraq is "dead flat wrong" for warning against major changes, the Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Sunday.

Ahead of two days of crucial testimony by Bush's leading military and political advisers on Iraq, Sen. Joseph Biden indicated that he and other Democrats would persist in efforts to set target dates for bringing troops home.

"The reality is that although there's been some mild security progress, there is in fact no security in Baghdad or Anbar province where I was dealing with the most serious problem, sectarian violence," said Biden, a 2008 presidential candidate who recently returned from Iraq.

[Gypsy]

Wow, Biden himself was dealing with the sectarian violence...he's the man! Nothing like pre-empting the report from the General, then again everyone knows the Bidens, Schumers, Murthas, Pelosis et al have far more first hand information based on their 10 minute visits. Jackasses all of them.

[82ndtrooper]

Originally Posted by Gypsy

Wow, Biden himself was dealing with the sectarian violence...he's the man! Nothing like pre-empting the report from the General, then again everyone knows the Bidens, Schumers, Murthas, Pelosis et al have far more first hand information based on their 10 minute visits. Jackasses all of them.

LOL !!

Biden just couldn't wait till Petraeus actually spoke to open his own foul mouth. He's still reading the 9/11 Commission report, cover to cover.

[brianksain]

Biden adamantly asked Petraeus if it was now safe for a Shiite to walk in a Sunni neighborhood (or vice versa) ... trying to pin him down.

Hell ... it isn't safe for some of us to walk in some of our own neighborhoods.

Biden is an idiot.

Yeah, yeah , that's me .... Master of the Obvious.

[GratefulCitizen]

Originally Posted by brianksain

Biden adamantly asked Petraeus if it was now safe for a Shiite to walk in a Sunni neighborhood (or vice versa) ... trying to pin him down.

Hell ... it isn't safe for some of us to walk in some of our own neighborhoods.

Biden is an idiot.

Yeah, yeah , that's me .... Master of the Obvious.

To be more specific, Biden should be asked if it is safe to walk through D.C. at night.
(It's safe...guns are against the law there.)