Pryor: Iraq improving, but troubles remain (Another DLC Dem)

[ECH1969]

Security in postwar Iraq continues to improve, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor said Monday, but he acknowledged the country remains "one car bomb away from a terrible day." The senators met with Iraq's prime minister, president and vice president, from the country's Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni populations, respectively.

"They are all committed to working together," Pryor said in a telephone interview from Amman, Jordan, with The Associated Press. "It's always pretty good when people want to sit down and talk about their problems, instead of shooting bullets and car bombs at each other."

The senators Monday also traveled to Iraq's al Anbar province, where insurgent forces continue to battle the U.S. military. The province, on Iraq's western border with Saudi Arabia Jordan and Syria, includes the city of Fallujah.

To help the people there, Pryor said the Iraqi government needs to encourage economic development in the troubled province. However, he acknowledged encouraging business growth in a violent area would be difficult.

http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/nation/15663261.htm

[joemurphy]

1. Pryor isn't your brightest light, is he? Total boob. n/t

[MannyGoldstein]

2. WTF?

Doing better compared to what?

Set that triangulatin' fool down in Baghdad on his own, and he can give us the play-by-play from his cellphone.

[LiberalArkie]

3. Another Republican running on his daddy's coat tails.

[Art_from_Ark]

10. His daddy was a hell of a lot smarter,

a Senator that Arkansas could be proud of.

Junior, on the other hand...

[stepnw1f]

4. He Has Got to Go! (nt)

[rurallib]

5. If it improves any more the whole place will be ablaze.

[w4rma]

6. This guy voted for the torture bill and supports LIEberman. (nt)

[Kagemusha]

7. The Senator may wish to revise his remarks.

The very last post prior to this one:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x2290238

"Bloody Day in Iraq Leaves 150 Dead"

Compared to what, indeed.

[TheCowsCameHome]

8. Yes, a nice evening for a stroll along the Airport Road. Give it a try

and we'll notify your next of kin.

[nickyt]

9. "postwar " Iraq? The "war" is over? Why was I not informed of this?

Pryor is "my" senator. I contact him regularly. He don't listen, but I keep talkin'.
Freakin' unbelieveable, this idiot.

[xchrom]

11. if you squint really, really hard and click your heels

together three times and wish on bush's ass -- then yes things are ''better''.

[SOS]

12. "Security in postwar Iraq continues to improve"

These DLC Senators must live on the same fantasy island with the Bush administration.
How anyone can say this gibberish with a straight face is astounding.

[ShortnFiery]

13. There's not going to be enough soldiers to send over there ...

IMO the crisis will reveal it's ugly head as early as this upcoming January (07).

It will be crunch time. The military does NOT now have to report it's specific recruiting numbers so they can tell us any old lie they wish. Such as they met quota. Newsflash: Quota is the exact piddly number they were able to snag and it will not suffice.

That's why they want Congress. Because a Republican Congress will support the draft, especially with the compliant DLC sell-outs. People really need to be informed of a sure fire draft soon after the new Republican Congress takes office. :scared: