(story) “On December 5th, Newsweek magazine touted an interview with the incoming House Committee on Intelligence Chairman, Sylvestre Reyes as an exclusive, and for good reason. ‘In a surprise twist in the debate over Iraq,’ the story began, ‘Mr. Reyes said that he wants to see an increase of 20,000 to 30,000 US troops,'” this is back on December 5th, ”as part of a stepped up effort to dismantle the militias. ‘We have to consider the need for additional troops to be in Iraq, he said, to take out the militias, stabilize the country. I’d say 20 to 30,000 more.’ Then President Bush came up with his announcement last week, virtually matching Reyes’ recommendation, and wouldn’t you know, hours after Bush announced the proposal, Reyes told the El Paso Times that such a troop buildup was ‘unthinkable'”! Just a month and a half later he’s totally changed his mind just because of a Bush idea! So we have examples of this. Vulture Politics: if Bush is for it they’re against it even if they used to be for it. Here are the first two examples, October 3rd, 2004, Late Edition, Chris Dodd.
DODD October 3, 2004: Certainly I think today people realize here that — that the number of troops we have there, given the magnitude of the problem, given the problems we’re facing, probably has to be increased.
RUSH: Okay, that’s Chris Dodd October 3rd, 2004. He said we gotta get more troops. But last night on PBS The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Gwen Ifill said, “Is increasing the number of troops on the ground the best chance for success?”
DODD January 17, 2007: I don’t think it is at all. The idea that further military, escalating military, involvement is going to produce the desired results will work — I’m very much opposed it.
RUSH: Okay, so we’re going to anyway play these two back-to-back, four and five back-to-back, number four is from October 3rd of 2004. The next cut, number five, is from last night.
DODD October 3, 2004: Certainly I think today people realize here that — that the number of troops we have there, given the magnitude of the problem, given the problems we’re facing, probably has to be increased.
DODD January 17, 2007: I don’t think it is at all. The idea that further military, escalating military, involvement is going to produce the desired results will work — I’m very much opposed it.
RUSH: What does this remind you of? The thing it reminds me of first and foremost is how in ’98 when Clinton was talking about how Saddam was such a horrible guy and was working on WMDs and everything, every Democrat said, “We gotta get on board with this. We gotta stop this.” Bush comes along and says it, and it’s like they never said it. “Bush lied. People died.” Up next, Joe Biden with the same thing, November 11th, 2003 on Hardball, Matthews said, “Senator, do you think we need more troops in Iraq?”
BIDEN November 11, 2003: Because we haven’t won the war yet. Everybody talks about winning the peace. We haven’t won the war yet. There’s a real counterinsurgency out there. It’s genuine. It’s made up of forces. It is more than just outside forces, more than Al-Qaeda, and we have to stamp it out, and we need more forces. There are not enough forces there.
RUSH: Yesterday, the same man had a press conference on Capitol Hill.
BIDEN January 17, 2007: Mr. President, do not send more troops! It would have the exact opposite impact you intend.
RUSH: Okay, let’s place these back-to-back, first number six, then number seven: Biden from November of 2003 and then yesterday.
BIDEN November 11, 2003: Because we haven’t won the war yet. Everybody talks about winning the peace. We haven’t won the war yet. There’s a real counterinsurgency out there. It’s genuine. It’s made up of forces. It is more than just outside forces, more than Al-Qaeda, and we have to stamp it out, and we need more forces. There are not enough forces there.
BIDEN January 17, 2007: Mr. President, do not send more troops! It would have the exact opposite impact you intend.
RUSH: Why would anybody trust them? These people are not interested in what works. In fact, they’re probably being more honest back in their previous statements than they are today. It’s just “oppose Bush, oppose Bush, oppose Bush.” Finally, Mrs. Clinton. She said this December 7th, 2003 with George Stephanopoulos on his Sunday morning program.
HILLARY December 7, 2003: What I have said is that I do think we need more troops.
RUSH: Yesterday, she unveiled her big plan at a press conference on Capitol Hill.
HILLARY January 17, 2007: Rather than escalation of US troops — which I do not believe will contribute to long-term success in Iraq — we should be begin a phased redeployment of US troops as a way to put pressure on the Iraqi government to take responsibility to its own security and future.
RUSH: Okay, now we do the same back-to-back treatment with Hillary Rodham Clinton December 7th, 2003 — just over three years ago –and then yesterday.
HILLARY December 7, 2003: What I have said is that I do think we need more troops.
HILLARY January 17, 2007: Rather than escalation of US troops — which I do not believe will contribute to long-term success in Iraq — we should be begin a phased redeployment of US troops as a way to put pressure on the Iraqi government to take responsibility to its own security and future.
RUSH: Do you realize if it weren’t for us — me — here in the new media, you would never hear these comparisons.? Media knows Hillary said this, and Biden, and Dodd, and Reyes. They said these on media shows! They could go back to their archives and ask these people why they’re changing their minds. They don’t dare. We do. We have no fear, because truth is our objective here!