Insurgents losing Iraqis' support: Rice

[maddezmom]

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Insurgents in Iraq are "losing the support of the Iraqi people" as the political process there progresses, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said as she stressed that the United States must "finish the job" it started.


"You defeat an insurgency -- not just militarily but politically. And every day, when Shiites and Kurds and Sunnis, and especially Sunnis, see their future in the political process, not in violence, the insurgents are losing the support of the Iraqi people," Rice told ABC television.

"When an insurgency loses the support of the population, then it does get weaker," she said Tuesday.

Rice added that US President George W. Bush, who is due to deliver a televised speech Tuesday night, "is going to go to the American people, who elected him just six months ago, and tell them again why it is important that we finish the job" in Iraq.

"I know what the American people see on their television screens every day. They see the carnage. We all mourn the sacrifice of Americans who are losing their lives there. And we look forward to the day when American soldiers can return home with the honor that they so richly deserve. But we have to finish this job," she told ABC.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050628/wl_mideast_afp/uspoliticsiraqinsurgentsrice_050628155023

[geek tragedy]

1. Bush administration losing support: The American people. nt

[Beaver Tail]

2. Insurgents?

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Condoleezza Rice said as she stressed that the United States must "finish the job" it started.
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Hey Condi .. Killing all those Iraqis will take a while

[ihelpu2see]

3. Im sorry "Dr" Condi, what are your qualifications to make this assertion?

Plain and simple, you are not qualified! You have not been educated on insurgency, your training is in Cold War Soviet Block nations and oh yes piano...
All independant reporting suggests the opposite, so stop lying!

[Benhurst]

5. I don't think they teach insurgency at the University of Denver. NT

[reprobate]

20. No, but apparently they do teach prevarication.

[Oversea Visitor]

9. Shhhhh she expert

Know better than generals in Iraq. Even better then troops.
Bunny tooth lice big brains very good make very nice lies.

[TheFarseer]

4. I wouldn't believe her if she said the sky was blue!

[democrat_patriot]

6. Heres comes the spinning RW juggernaut

You will see 200 republicans in the next few days saying it's looking good!

The Dems need 300 saying the truth.

[The_Casual_Observer]

7. "But we have to finish this job" It's pretty clear that you don't have

the slightest idea how to do this condi.

[The Night Owl]

8. Didn't Condi once say that the insurgents don't have Iraqi support?

So how are insurgents losing support they supposedly never had?

Did Condi just lie again?

[melissinha]

10. So did they have the support to begin with?

The phrase "the insurgents are losing the support of the Iraqi people," it implies that the Iraqi people did in fact support the insurgents....

I love how they try to frame situations with their carefully crafted words ... yet reality is quite different. In reality, the U.S. is an Occupying Force and the so-called insurgents are "guerrillas"... its just this pathetic monopoly of the terms... but did you catch Rummy and Cheney's attempt to back peddle on the "last throes" bs? THey looked up "throes" whereas the important point was their use of the word "last". Sure I believe that they meant to use the word "last" with the word "throes" but that was only meant in the context of placating the american people, yet in other occasions, they tell us how hard the job is and how much more money they are going to need.....

The public needs to stop this short-attention span BS and connect the dots between all the spin and what us libruls are saying.

[ismnotwasm]

11. And this women is supposed to be intelligent?

She's as bad a *. I never understand what she's talking about. I thought the Iraqi people "never" supported the insurgents. Now what,now they have a broad-based support? And they're losing that support? Or what? I don't get it. Somebody explain that women to me.

[brooklynite]

12. Um...doesn't this mean they had the SUPPORT of the Iraqi people?

I thought we were greeted as liberators, with flowers and candy...

[uppityperson]

13. More bushlies, I like this quote.

"When an insurgency loses the support of the population, then it does get weaker," she said Tuesday. Substitute "leader" for "insurgency".

[bemildred]

14. Pie in the sky by and by. No evidence at all you will note. nt

[dbt]

15. A moot point, Madame Secretary:

"The avalanche has begun; it is too late for the pebbles to vote."

:freak:

[barbaraann]

16. There's only one thing that could make her so delusional.

She must be in love with George W. Bush. Love really does cloud your judgement.

[0007]

17. I think you may have a point......either that or she is just

flat out crazy.

[Devil Dog Dem]

18. Oh, I feel MUCH better! I'm glad Condasleeza put my mind at rest!

I mean, she wouldn't lie, would she?

[catnhatnh]

19. Six month's ago was December 28th....

the election was nearly 2 months before that. So we have a Secretary of State too BONE STUPID to count to 8 (still within finger range-no need to remove shoes) OR perfectly willing to LIE about the numbers by nearly 33 %....Wonder which...Lame Duck, Lame Duck

[Beetwasher]

21. Damn, She Really Will Say Anything They Tell Her To, Won't She

It doesn't matter how outrageous, she will go out there and say it. If they told her to, she'd go out and tell everyone the moon really IS made of green cheese, and she wouldn't even bat an eye. Amazing.