Armed Services Committee Highlight (What The Agenda Won’t Report)
There’s a recess right now in the Senate Armed Services Committee so that senators can participate in a roll call vote so I’m taking the time to relate the most stunning exchange in the hearing thus far. Here’s Sen. Byrd’s question and the first part of Gen. Petraeus’ answer:
Sen. Byrd: Gen. Petraeus, you’ve recently touted the success in Anbar Province. Just a few months ago, the tribes in Anbar Providence were shooting and killing Americans. Recently, they disliked the terrorists more than they disliked Americans. Now they’re cooperating with us while we give them money and guns. This recalls to my mind our policy in the 1980’s in Afghanistan in the arming of the Taliban…Gen. Petraeus: Senator, first of all, we are not arming the tribes…
As Gen. Petraeus more fully answered Sen. Byrd’s question, his face showed beyond a doubt that he was utterly dumbfounded. It was like someone had told him something that he didn’t know before today. I don’t doubt that that’s the case. The only thing I can say is that it’s apparent that he isn’t mentally fit to serve in the United States Senate anymore. I don’t wish him bad luck but I can’t think of him as having the mental faculties anymore.
Prior to that question, Sen. Byrd said that the American people were “confused as to whether Iraq” was involved in 9/11, to which Gen. Petraeus said that the weren’t. Which Americans think that Iraq was involved in 9/11? Has anyone seen this tiny group of people?
UPDATE: Follow this link to C-SPAN’s Defense/Security page. Then click on the link titled Senate Armed Services Cmte. Hearing on the Petraeus Report - Part 1 and fast forward to the 1:23:00 mark to watch Sen. Byrd look completely disheveled with Gen. Petraeus’ answer. Trust me when I tell you that Byrd’s facial expression is priceless.
Technorati Tags: Robert Byrd, Senate Armed Services Committee, David Petraeus, Taliban, 9/11
Cross-posted at LetFreedomRingBlog
September 11th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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September 11th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
Which Americans think that Iraq was involved in 9/11? Has anyone seen this tiny group of people?
I’m not sure I know any of them, but all the pollsters seem to have them on speed dial…
September 11th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
GG - I’m new to the Left Coast. Would you be able to recommend any active, vocal conservative San Francisco blogs?
September 11th, 2007 at 8:28 pm
Anyone clueless and unethical and amoral enough to have been a kleegle (or whatever he was) for the Klan has no business being in the highest legislative body in the nation. The fact that he was clueless about this, too, comes as hardly a shock.
September 12th, 2007 at 10:15 pm
Reminds me of Sen. Inouye (D-HI) during the Watergate hearings. So dumb that he was reading prepared questions (not asking on his own) from his staff despite the fact that the questions had been previously asked by other members of Congress and answered by the witnesses.
September 13th, 2007 at 8:11 am
Which Americans think that Iraq was involved in 9/11?
President Bush seldom misses an opportunity to imply a connection. He doesn’t specifically say there’s a connection any more, but in any speech about Iraq, he includes reference to 9/11 attacks, allowing less critical listeners to conclude there is a connexion.