Same ol' shit from Tony Snow: "you're either on the side of the pResident or you're with the terrorists". Once a FOX NEWS whore, always a FOX NEWS whore...
At his White House briefing today, Press Secretary Tony Snow faced a grilling over the Democrats' opposition to the president's troop escalation. He labeled Sen. Hillary Clinton's backing for a "cap" on troops in Iraq at the current 130,000 as "extreme."
But he also suggested that war opponents in congress need to consider what message they are sending in favoring a resolution or legislation that opposes the president's "surge"-- saying it was "worth asking" the question of whether they might sending a message to al-Qaeda. The implication was that their opposition could be seen as giving al-Qaeda a green light to expand their actions.
Early in the briefing, Snow hit congressional moves to halt the buildup, saying this "raises the question, in terms of the Iraqis, will they take us at our word when we say we support them? And will it, in fact, make it easier for suitors, whether they be Iranians or al-Qaeda members to say, well, look, you can count on us, we're going to be around? That is not a flip concern. It is something that you have to take into account."
He raised the al-Qaeda issue again a little later. "It's probably worth asking," Snow said, "what message does Congress intend to give, and who does it think the audience is? Is the audience merely the President? Is it the voting American public? Or in an age of instant communication, is it also al Qaeda? Is it Iraq? Is it players in Iraq? Is it U.S. troops? Is it people in the Gulf who want to understand whether the United States is, in fact, a partner upon whom they can depend for security even in trying times?
"All those are questions that deserve to be raised. I don't think there are illegitimate questions. And all I'm saying is that those are things that members ought to take into consideration." http://tinyurl.com/3ajzxu [Open in new window]
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At his White House briefing today, Press Secretary Tony Snow faced a grilling over the Democrats' opposition to the president's troop escalation. He labeled Sen. Hillary Clinton's backing for a "cap" on troops in Iraq at the current 130,000 as "extreme."
But he also suggested that war opponents in congress need to consider what message they are sending in favoring a resolution or legislation that opposes the president's "surge"-- saying it was "worth asking" the question of whether they might sending a message to al-Qaeda. The implication was that their opposition could be seen as giving al-Qaeda a green light to expand their actions.
Early in the briefing, Snow hit congressional moves to halt the buildup, saying this "raises the question, in terms of the Iraqis, will they take us at our word when we say we support them? And will it, in fact, make it easier for suitors, whether they be Iranians or al-Qaeda members to say, well, look, you can count on us, we're going to be around? That is not a flip concern. It is something that you have to take into account."
He raised the al-Qaeda issue again a little later. "It's probably worth asking," Snow said, "what message does Congress intend to give, and who does it think the audience is? Is the audience merely the President? Is it the voting American public? Or in an age of instant communication, is it also al Qaeda? Is it Iraq? Is it players in Iraq? Is it U.S. troops? Is it people in the Gulf who want to understand whether the United States is, in fact, a partner upon whom they can depend for security even in trying times?
"All those are questions that deserve to be raised. I don't think there are illegitimate questions. And all I'm saying is that those are things that members ought to take into consideration." http://tinyurl.com/3ajzxu [Open in new window]
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