Frank Pallone: “either the Bush administration refuses to see the reality on the ground in Iraq or they are deceiving the American…”

“either the Bush administration refuses to see the reality on the ground in Iraq or they are deceiving the American people as to the continued war in Iraq. During a Memorial Day interview on CNN's Larry King, Vice President Cheney said he believed the insurgency was in its ``last throes.'' Where exactly is the Vice President getting his information? It certainly is not coming from the generals on the ground. According to a report from Knight-Ridder, a growing number of senior American military officers in Iraq have concluded there is no longer a military solution to the insurgency in Iraq, an insurgency that military leaders on the ground say is not running out of recruits. In the news report, Lt. Colonel Frederick Wellman said, ``We can't kill them all. When I kill one I create three.'' That certainly does not sound like we have the insurgency under control, and, as the Vice President suggests, that they are in their ``last throes.'' Things are really getting so bad in Iraq, Mr. Speaker, that we are beginning finally to hear Republican Congressmen step forward and question some of the outrageous claims made by the Bush administration in regard to their policy in Iraq. This past weekend, my Republican friend, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr. Jones), came forward and said that the Bush administration needs to have a deadline for its war in Iraq. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from North Carolina (Mr.…”