Wire Queen Helen Thomas today ripped into White House spokesman Scott McClellan over his claims the United States is in Afghanistan and Iraq -- by invitation.Another poster child for the "tolerant," middle-of-the-road, centrist left.
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Q The other day -- in fact, this week, you said that we, the United States, is in Afghanistan and Iraq by invitation. Would you like to correct that incredible distortion of American history --
MR. McCLELLAN: No, we are -- that's where we currently --
Q -- in view of your credibility is already mired? How can you say that?
MR. McCLELLAN: Helen, I think everyone in this room knows that you're taking that comment out of context. There are two democratically-elected governments in Iraq and --
Q Were we invited into Iraq?
MR. McCLELLAN: There are two democratically-elected governments now in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we are there at their invitation. They are sovereign governments, and we are there today --
Q You mean if they had asked us out, that we would have left?
MR. McCLELLAN: No, Helen, I'm talking about today. We are there at their invitation. They are sovereign governments --
Q I'm talking about today, too.
MR. McCLELLAN: -- and we are doing all we can to train and equip their security forces so that they can provide for their own security as they move forward on a free and democratic future.
Q Did we invade those countries?
MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Steve.
(via GOP Bloggers)
2 comments:
Can you really argue with that Carl. I was for the war in Afghanistan, against the war in Iraq, support both the efforts now until we finish the job, but saying we were invited or that we would simple pull out if asked nicely is absurd.
I can and do here. That was no reporter; Thomas' outburst was a rude and uncivilized harangue. If that's your idea of political debate, especially with a governmental official, no wonder there's a breakdown in communication between left and right.
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