This boils my damn blood! To hear this utter garbage from a neocon, WWIII-pining, Corporate Robber Baron Republican is one thing. But to hear it from the Democrat appointed by Pelosi who will soon head up the House Intelligence Committee is like taking a kick to the gut.
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In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq, Rep. Silvestre Reyes, the soon-to-be chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 U.S. troops as part of a stepped up effort to “dismantle the militias.”
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What in the sixth layer of hell is going on? Who bought off Reyes? "Dismantle" the militias? What fucking planet is this moron on? 30,000 more troops? This is from a man whose has been opposed to the Iraq War from the beginning? He is from Texas, so I apologize, politicians are as crooked as they come around here.
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“We’re not going to have stability in Iraq until we eliminate those militias, those private armies,” Reyes said. “We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, to take out the militias and stabilize Iraq … We certainly can’t leave Iraq and run the risk that it becomes [like] Afghanistan” was before the 2001 invasion by the United States.
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When asked how many additional troops he envisioned sending to Iraq, Reyes replied: “I would say 20,000 to 30,000—for the specific purpose of making sure those militias are dismantled, working in concert with the Iraqi military."
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What part of IMPOSSIBLE does this brainiac not understand? Someone slap this fool with a little bit of the FACT that: Most Iraqi citizens ARE standing members of one militia faction or another. Every family is allowed an AK-47 in Iraq. A civil war rages and if you AREN'T gathering your neighbors and families together in armed bands, you are just going to become a victim. What next? Will he outlaw firearms and disarm the whole damn country? How many troops will that take? Another 140,000? And how about this other possibly useful tidbit of info : Most of the Military and Police that we are training also holds allegiance with one faction or another. Has he considered that?
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This is OUR Strong Democratic leadership? This is stupidity on the level of Friedman, Kristol, and Hume! Does Reyes really have no clue to what is going on in Iraq? This is pure idiocy. And either Reyes is an idiot - Or he has ALREADY sold out to the other side.
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And for those who are normally sane and thoughtful who are claiming this is a ploy to one-up McCain- No, it's not. So stop whitewashing stupidity and "ploys" as some kind of great political tactics. The nation elected Democrats in record numbers for one reason and one reason ONLY- They are tired of the bullshit. We want straight talking and intelligent discussion. No more cut-and-stay dialogue. Get us the hell out of Iraq NOW.
