Multidigits
05-03-2007, 05:58 PM
Congressmen says it's imperative U.S. wins in Iraq
Chad Groening
OneNewsNow.com
May 2, 2007
A Republican congressman says despite the recent declaration by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the war in Iraq is lost, some Democrats are publicly disagreeing and acknowledging progress is being made there. Representative Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) says he is confident the U.S. will ultimately triumph in the war.
Wilson, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, says it is imperative that the U.S. gets the job done in Iraq; so he cannot understand Senator Reid's fixation with defeat.
"There's no question that I've been critical of what Senator Reid stated," the congressman admits, adding that he felt the senator's comments were "just such a slap at our forces, at our troops" in the effort to protect the American people. "Indeed, it is just imperative for American society to survive that we win," he continues. "I just am startled at his obsession with defeat."
Wilson says fortunately not all Democrats agree with the Senate majority leader's assessment. "A number of Democrats on the House floor announced that they felt we had had victory and that we were making progress," he points out. "[I]t was quite a conflict [with] Senator Reid grabbing at defeat and obsession with defeat, and then ... Democrats in the House pointing out that our troops indeed had been victorious."
Wilson says he can remember when some people were convinced the U.S. couldn't defeat another enemy. "I can remember very well [that] at the height of the Cold War ... there were many people who said that it's better to be Red than dead," he says. "We were facing an extraordinary ... obviously, life-threatening [challenge] of the Soviet Union and Communism."
But ultimately American democracy prevailed, he notes -- "thanks to the American military" -- and the South Carolina lawmaker says he remains confident America will prevail over the same challenge of terrorism as well.
Chad Groening
OneNewsNow.com
May 2, 2007
A Republican congressman says despite the recent declaration by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the war in Iraq is lost, some Democrats are publicly disagreeing and acknowledging progress is being made there. Representative Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina) says he is confident the U.S. will ultimately triumph in the war.
Wilson, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, says it is imperative that the U.S. gets the job done in Iraq; so he cannot understand Senator Reid's fixation with defeat.
"There's no question that I've been critical of what Senator Reid stated," the congressman admits, adding that he felt the senator's comments were "just such a slap at our forces, at our troops" in the effort to protect the American people. "Indeed, it is just imperative for American society to survive that we win," he continues. "I just am startled at his obsession with defeat."
Wilson says fortunately not all Democrats agree with the Senate majority leader's assessment. "A number of Democrats on the House floor announced that they felt we had had victory and that we were making progress," he points out. "[I]t was quite a conflict [with] Senator Reid grabbing at defeat and obsession with defeat, and then ... Democrats in the House pointing out that our troops indeed had been victorious."
Wilson says he can remember when some people were convinced the U.S. couldn't defeat another enemy. "I can remember very well [that] at the height of the Cold War ... there were many people who said that it's better to be Red than dead," he says. "We were facing an extraordinary ... obviously, life-threatening [challenge] of the Soviet Union and Communism."
But ultimately American democracy prevailed, he notes -- "thanks to the American military" -- and the South Carolina lawmaker says he remains confident America will prevail over the same challenge of terrorism as well.