“I hope we don’t hear any glorification of what happened in Basra,” said Pelosi, referring to a recent military offensive against Shiite militants in the city led by the Iraqi government and supported by U.S. forces.
Although powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr agreed to a ceasefire after six days of fighting, Pelosi wondered why the U.S. was caught off guard by the offensive and questioned how the ceasefire was achieved, saying the terms were "probably dictated from Iran.”
“We have to know the real ground truths of what is happening there, not put a shine on events because of a resolution that looks less violent when in fact it has been dictated by al-Sadr, who can grant or withhold that call for violence,” Pelosi said.
Warned? WARNED?? In other words, she's telling Petraeus that she only wants to hear that things are going badly and that the only solution is to pull out. Well unfortunately for her, that's simply not the case.
It means that Bush and other Republicans were right in that the surge of troops and the change in tactics have worked. Yes, Al-Sadr needs to be dealt with, removed in my opinion, but for her to warn a General about an upcoming report reeks of politics and shows the desperation of the anti-war left.
It also has a whiff of "corruption", you know, the kind of "culture of corruption" that Pelosi said she'd work to get rid of.
Travis
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