Dems Use Intel Report to Attack GOP

[kurth]

Dems Use Intel Report to Attack GOP

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Democrats on Sunday seized on an intelligence assessment that said the Iraq war has increased the terrorist threat, saying it was further evidence that Americans should choose new leadership in the November elections. The Democrats hoped the report would undermine the GOP's image as the party more capable of handing terrorism as the campaign enters its final six-week stretch...

''Unfortunately this report is just confirmation that the Bush administration's stay-the-course approach to the Iraq war has not just made the war more difficult and more deadly for our troops, but has also made the war on terror more dangerous for every American,'' said Rep. Rahm Emanuel, head of the Democratic effort to take control of the House. ''It's time for a new direction in this country,'' Emanuel, D-Ill., said in the statement.

''Press reports say our nation's intelligence services have confirmed that President Bush's repeated missteps in Iraq and his stubborn refusal to change course have made America less safe,'' said Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid. ''No election-year White House PR campaign can hide this truth.'' ... Democrats said Bush had misled people about Iraq's contribution to the terrorist threat. ''This intelligence document should put the final nail in the coffin for President Bush's phony argument about the Iraq war,'' said Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass. ''Despite what President Bush says, the intelligence community has reported the plain truth -- the misguided war in Iraq has 'metastasized and spread' terrorism like cancer around the world.''

Rep. Jane Harman, the leading Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee and one of a few lawmakers to have read the classified report, said she agrees with the findings. ''Even capturing the remaining top al-Qaida leadership isn't going to prevent copycat cells, and it isn't going to change a failed policy in Iraq,'' she said. ''This administration is trying to change the subject. I don't think voters are going to buy that.'' ...

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-US-Iraq.html

[kentuck]

1. They should ride this horse right up to election day...

Because Iraq is the one subject Bush doesn't want to talk about...He prefers to talk about the "war on terror"...

[dkofos]

2. Or the lack of security caused by the war

[Robbien]

3. Instead of reporting the intell says terrorism has increased,

the NYT hides that fact and puts up a headline saying politicians are playing politics.

The public none the wiser.

[SeveneightyWhoa]

4. Yup. Two negative words right in the headline.

"Uses", implying that they're using the report for their own purposes. Think of, "you're being used!" Not a nice connotation.

"Attack" speaks for itself.

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5. The administration is trying to change the subject