Perturbed Reid Chastises ABC's Tapper for Questioning Withdrawal

Responsible Redeployment from Iraq Act Final Vote Results
This is too good.
ABC's Jake Tapper on Thursday night raised the prediction “genocide” will result after a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, a forecast Tapper put to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at a Capitol Hill news conference: “Do you think the Iraqi people will be safer with U.S. troops out?” Reid didn't respond to the point, leading Tapper to retort in the exchange played on World News: “You didn't answer my question.” A perturbed Reid, presumably not used to challenging questions from the Washington press corps, chastised Tapper: “This isn't a debate. We're answering questions.” Tapper then repeated his question -- “Will the Iraqis be safer?” -- but Reid ignored him and moved on: “Anyone else have a question?”

Tapper's story ran a night after Wednesday's World News featured a report from Terry McCarthy in Iraq on how General David Petraeus, commander of all multi-national forces in Iraq, “is still very optimistic about the military battle, if the politicians give him enough time.” (July 11 NewsBusters item)

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JAKE TAPPER: Some foreign policy experts predict that such a U.S. withdrawal could unleash genocide against innocent Iraqis. It's a subject Democrats do not want to discuss.

TAPPER TO REID AT PRESS CONFERENCE: Do you think the Iraqi people will be safer with U.S. troops out?

REID: It is clear that the Iraqi people don't want us there. It is clear that there is now a state of chaos in Iraq. And it is up to the Iraqi people to make themselves safe.

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TAPPER: With all due respect, Senator, you didn't answer my question.

REID: This isn't a debate. We're answering questions.

TAPPER: Will the Iraqis be safer?

REID: Anyone else have a question?

TAPPER: This week's renewed push to withdraw troops, two months before General Petraeus reports to Congress on the progress of the surge strategy, has Republicans saying these votes are more about politics than national
security....newsbusters.org

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Melanie Morgan has written an outstanding column that explains why the House's vote to surrender in Iraq is an awful, terrible, and yes LETHAL mistake.

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How nice! Nancy Pelosi, who has accomplished nothing more momentous than a minimum wage bill, has passed (in the House) another one of her inane and vacuous benchmark bills --- like those benchmarks mandating that the Iraqi government get more accomplished (under much more difficult conditions) than Pelosi and her House democrats have (or will).

If she really wanted to be useful, she should pass a bill mandating more civility from her friends in the Syrian and Iranian governments.

Their plan is to make heros and honor these "people"... they blame us for "making them terrorists"... to those IDIOTS, the terrorists are up there with the Freedom Fighters (MLK jr, etc) ... OMG, how insane!!

They aren't BOLD enough to say it, but they do in so many words: In their opinion, 9/11/2001 was "justifiable homicide"... when the next strike happens we should LYNCH Reid, Pelosi, Murtha, et al.... NOT JOKING! Swift justice.

A new name for the Democrat Party should be: "DEFEATOCRATS"!