Political Quotes

“yesterday the President told the world that building a more hopeful future in the Middle East is ``the greatest challenge of our time'' and ``the calling of a generation.'' There is no question the President's policies in Iraq have created the greatest foreign policy challenge of a generation. What started off as a battle between democracy versus stability has now become a civil war between the Shiite and the Sunni. It became that way because of our incompetence and failure to plan. We shouldn't expect a plan soon, because the President's Iraq Study Group just announced they will not release their plan for Iraq until after the November midterm elections. Quote: ``We think it's more important, frankly, to make sure whatever we bring forward is taken out of domestic politics.'' This is how we are teaching democracy in the Mideast. Keep the voters in the dark until it's too late. I will end the suspense. The new plan for Iraq, there is no plan and there never has been one. According to Brigadier General Mark Scheid, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld threatened to fire anyone who tried to come up with a plan for the postwar and hostilities. The President tells us we're in a long war, but thanks to this White House's refusal to plan, it has become an endless war. It's time for a new direction. ____________________”