Reid Calls Washington Post Out
Remember this
editorial just recently? Reid responded today.
Your editorial wrongly asserted that “a large majority of senators from
both parties favor a shift in the U.S. mission.” While a majority of
the Senate voted again last week for a plan that would keep U.S. forces in
Iraq for counterterrorism and troop protection and launch a diplomatic effort
to help stabilize the region, Democrats were joined by only a handful of courageous
Republicans — far from a majority of Republicans and not enough to break
the Republican leadership’s filibuster. And if the president truly supports
changing course, as your editorial implied, he needs to do much more than
tell us “it’s a position I’d like to see us in” — he must drop
his irresponsible veto threats and tell Republican leaders to stop blocking
votes on proposals to carry out this change.Finally, it was disingenuous to assert that Democrats are using Iraq to stir
voters’ passions; the American people are sufficiently disappointed on their
own. Three-quarters of Americans recognize that the war is going badly, three
out of five support further funding only if it includes a timetable for transitioning
the mission, and nearly all expect their president to work with Congress to
do something to change course. … ..
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