Posted by
Bert Chapman on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 6:33:08 PM
Harry Reid inserted his foot into his mouth with his recent declaration that the war in Iraq was lost. Could you imagine the Senate majority leader in 1942 declaring the war against Japan was lost because of defeats at Wake Island or other locales? Of course not. Unfortunately, Contrary Harry is not a statesman looking out for the U.S. national interest. Harry Reid is a short-sighted prick more concerned with scoring cheap political points and enhancing his Las Vegas neon sign sized ego than finding constructive ways to win the war against terrorism. To my knowledge, Harry Reid has not served on any national security related committees during his senatorial career.
Even though he has access to classified information, he probably has not authored substantive national security related legislation during his career. Has he ever bothered to read substantive and classified appraisals of the situation in Iraq written by on location military and intelligence professionals? Don't bet your lunch money on it.
Harry Reid loves to tell how he grew up in the modest locale of Searchlight, NV. This community is near Las Vegas and Reid obviously draws his true values and campaign finance resources from that city's corrupt gambling interests. Reid is way over his head when it comes to making intelligent decisions on how to conduct the war against Islamist terror. Al Qaida operatives should wear Harry Reid campaign buttons when they go into battle as a token of his tacit support for them which he demonstrated in his recent comment. Reid has spent a good chunk of his senatorial career fighting federal efforts to create a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain Nevada. Wouldn't it be wonderful if Reid were forced to live there among the radioactive waste deposits? It would be an appropriate legacy for someone who is creating an increasingly toxic operating environment for our forces in Iraq by his idiotic comments.
About two years ago, my wife and I were dining at an Italian restaurant near the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Sitting at an adjacent table was contrary Harry and some associates. It took all my self-restraint not to go over and tell him what a prick he was. Considering Reid's recent idiotic comments about the situation in Iraq, take a couple moments to email, write, or phone with him at his Washington or Nevada offices and let him know how stupid he is.