Rumsfeld, facing sometimes hostile questioning Thursday from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, defended his handling of U.S. forces in Iraq as two of his top aides testified that the country is on the verge of sectarian civil war.
"I believe that the sectarian violence is probably as bad as I have seen it," said Gen. John Abizaid, head of the U.S. Central Command, adding that if something is not done soon, civil war is inevitable.
Rumsfeld, however, while not agreeing with Abizaid's assessment, insisted that the insurgency in Iraq is "resilient," but can be defeated. He said it is up to the Iraqi leaders to find a way to reconcile internal divisions there. For now,
however the US commitment to Iraq fulfills its own security needs as much as Iraq's, he said.
Rumsfeld's steadfast defense of the administration's Iraq policy brought on a stinging attack from Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who told Rumsfeld he was presiding over a "failed policy" in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"Under your leadership there have been numerous errors in judgment that have led us to where we are," the New York Democrat said. "We have a full-fledged insurgency and full-blown sectarian conflict in Iraq." http://www.foxnews.com/....
Even The committee chairman, Senator John W. Warner, Republican of Virginia, signaled that political support for the conflict could be fraying. "I think we have to examine very carefully what Congress authorized the president to do in the context of a situation if we're faced with all-out civil war and whether we have to come back to the Congress to get further indication of support," Mr. Warner said.
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It is too late! They gave Bush another right, he lied and made it a wrong as usual! the damage is done! It will not be undone!
We have discussed many times that Iraq is already lost thanks to Bush's stupidity as he ignored all good advice from the beginning. Bush and Rummy just do not care and there is a good reason. They are getting the Breakdown they needed to create their new order. Please click on the link and you will see you are smarter than our so called leaders! http://www.dailykos.com/....
Jordan's king warned the United States and Israel Thursday that the fighting in Lebanon has weakened moderates across the Mid east.
Even if Hezbollah is destroyed, the hostility toward Israel is so high that another such group could pop up in Syria, Egypt, Iraq _ or even his own country, King Abdullah II was quoted as saying in published reports.
"The Arab people see Hezbollah as a hero because it's fighting Israel's aggression," he said. "This is a fact that the U.S. and Israel must realize: As long as there is aggression, there's resistance and there's popular support for this resistance."
The three-week-old conflict has sharply raised tensions across the Mid east, and leaders like Abdullah, a key U.S. ally who initially blamed Hezbollah for sparking the conflict by capturing two Israeli soldiers, have become increasingly critical of the United States and Israel.
Abdullah and other Arab moderates, such as the Egyptian and Saudi leaders, have warned recently that the fighting was hurting any hope for reviving Mid east peacemaking. http://www.washingtonpost.com/....
This too is right but too late. We have discussed many times in the past that Hezbollah in the end will be stronger, reinforced from martyrs in many nations and the middle east is just in the beginning of a total breakdown thanks to bush's new world order. Pleas check this out! You will agree I think! http://www.dailykos.com/....
Iraq will be lost, Afghanistan will be lost. Hezbolah will be stronger in the end, Bush will find reason to attack Iran the entire middle east will be embroiled then it will spread from there, again compliments of Bush's new world order!
James Joiner
Gardner, Ma
www.anaveragepatriot.com.
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