MTP - Senator Webb
So, Senator Jim Webb and Bush buddy Senator Lindsey Graham are on Meet the Press. You already know the questions. Tim Russert didn’t ask one single thoughtful question. The only decent question which was very predictable was about Al-Maliki’s statement from the other day that the US forces could leave at any time.
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MR. RUSSERT: One last point before I bring in Senator Webb. Prime Minister Maliki said yesterday that the—if the American forces leave…
SEN. GRAHAM: Mm-hmm.
MR. RUSSERT: Quote, “Iraqi forces can sear—secure their country—can secure their country at any time.” He’s basically saying, “You can leave and we’re just fine.”
SEN. GRAHAM: To be honest with you, I think the—General Petraeus will tell us about that scenario. And I do believe, in a matter of months, we can turn over most of Anbar. Because the big thing…
MR. RUSSERT: No, no, but the prime minister of Iraq is saying that he can secure his country at any time. If he’s saying that, then why are we there?
SEN. GRAHAM: Because our national security interests are also involved, and I would like to hear from our generals as to whether or not if we leave now that we’re going to come back with a bigger war. If Iraq fails, if this…
MR. RUSSERT: But if Iraq is a sovereign country…
SEN. GRAHAM: Yes, sir.
MR. RUSSERT: …and this is a sovereign-elected prime minister, and he’s saying he can secure his own country, why would—why do we reject that, that notion?
SEN. GRAHAM: It is my belief that he’s not asking us to leave, he’s making a statement of confidence in his troops. I would like our general to make a statement in terms of his view of how stable it would be if we left right now, and that comes in September.
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Senator Graham is searching for any reason to stay in Iraq. Everything is hanging on General Petraeus. When he comes back with a mixed picture, the neocons will tell us that he is doing everything that is humanly possible. We, simply, need to give him more time.
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