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Pelosi unhappy about ‘General Betray Us’ ad |
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By Klaus Marre
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Posted: 09/12/07 11:42 AM [ET] |
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday expressed her disapproval of MoveOn.org’s ad that referred to Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. troops in Iraq, as “General Betray Us.” “I would have preferred that they won’t do such an ad,” Pelosi said. The Speaker said it is not her prerogative “to say how people express themselves” and that the ad is “a demonstration of the frustration that people have about the war.” MoveOn received heavy criticism for the ad, largely from Republicans who tried to make it a centerpiece of the hearings with Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on the state of affairs in Iraq. The group alleged that Petraeus is “cooking the books” and, to justify keeping U.S. troops in Iraq, failed to give Congress a full picture of the situation on the ground there. The White House also has weighed in on the debate. President Bush’s spokesman, Tony Snow, said earlier this week that the ad likely did not help Democrats. Furthermore, Republicans have introduced measures condemning the ad in both chambers of Congress. Pelosi, in an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” also said she had “absolutely zero” faith in the Iraqi government and that the troop surge has not achieved its main objectives because there has been a lack of political progress in the war-torn country. |
