NANCY PELOSI BREAKS NEW GROUND
5/17/2009
In past wars it
is not unusual for a soldier to wander into a minefield
accidentally. In the war between the Republicans and the Democrats
Nancy Pelosi not only constructed the mine field but she has purposely
wandered into it. As self inflicted wounds go House Speaker
Pelosi is a marksman of Robin Hood caliber.
Ms. Pelosi has
been using everything under the sun to have her Republican colleagues
prosecuted and removed from Congress. She has blamed the Bush
Administration for everything from The Boar War to the Manson
murders. Torture is no exception. As usual she has been calling for
investigations. However when it was revealed that Ms. Pelosi was briefed
on the very techniques she claim are illegal the GOP quickly pounced
reasoning that this then makes her a criminal based on her very own
claims. For reasons unknown to even Nancy Pelosi she decided
to counter the GOP's attacks by attacking the CIA. In 1941
Japan decided the best way to defeat China was to attack The
United States. Nancy Pelosi is Washington's Japan.
There is
no graceful way out of this. She only has two possible
explanations. "I was asleep during the briefing" or "I
lied". Either way her stature as speaker has been diminished and her
ability to effectively execute the duties of Speaker. The wagons may
be circling around her but behind closed doors there are whispers of
removing her from her post.
And then there is the CIA. In 2002 she was
singing their praise on the House floor. Yesterday she calmly told us they
tend to lie. Did this start before or after she decided the CIA was a
super organization? Was this before or after she was briefed on water
boarding? Any road let's break down her arguments. Firstly she never
knew water boarding was being used then yesterday contradicted
herself by telling us she was told of a brief. So if we have
this right Pelosi who was on the intelligence committee did not feel it
necessary to attend a briefing with the Bush Administration less
than two years after 9/11. But it get's better. Apparently one
of her staffers went to the briefing and reported back to Pelosi that she
was briefed. Never gave away the contents of the brief just the fact
she was briefed.
She also claimed the original briefing she
attended told her Water boarding was not being used. So let me get
this straight. The CIA held a briefing with the Intelligence committee
simply to tell them what interrogation techniques were not being
used. Aside from that the CIA refutes her claims so if we are to
believe her everyone was told the truth except her. So that means the CIA
and the Intel Committee got together to hash out a plan that would exclude
only her from the truth. The kind of thing that makes a good late night
movie. this is the point where Pelosi is laughed out of the
House.
Fast forward 48 hours and it seems Ms. Pelosi is desperately
trying to explain her claims the CIA always misleads the Congress by saying
she meant the Bush Administration, not the CIA. "My criticism of the
manner in which the Bush Administration did not appropriately inform
Congress is separate from my respect for those in the intelligence
community who work to keep our country safe,". Last I checked the Executive
Branch is completely different from the CIA. Of course this latest
attempt to explain herself falls even more false as she had in her press
conference blame both the CIA and the Bush Administration at he same time.
This is the best she can do?
From a political standpoint Ms. Pelosi has put an end
to any real witch hunt
of the Republicans that the Left has been gearing toward Instead she has has
put herself squarely in front of the DNC firing squad. And just off
in the distance is the CIA waiting with clenched fists.