Feingold Follows Questioning of US Ambassador to Iraq with Warning About Administration "Hype"

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Feingold Cautions Against Buying Into Overly Rosy Scenario In Al Anbar Province


WASHINGTON - JULY 20 - Following his questioning of U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold issued this statement cautioning his colleagues against too easily assuming Iraq's al Anbar province is sufficiently safe for both the short and long term.

“We have been subjected to so much hype in the course of this war that I would urge the Administration and my colleagues to not be so sure that everything is or will continue to be rosy in al Anbar province. When I was in al Anbar near Fallujah in 2005 there were promising signs, but when I returned to the same area a year later the situation had significantly worsened. Whether it is Fallujah, Ramadi, Basra, or other places in Iraq, our experiences show us we must not take anything for granted. It would be foolish of us to assume that the problems in al Anbar province have been resolved or that relative improvements there apply to the rest of the country. We know this Administration has made too many errors and painted too many rosy scenarios over the last four years for us to proceed with anything but great caution.”

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/0720-01.htm

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1. Yes, because Bushco expects us to believe that they are working with the U.S.

but we have seen in the past how they were pretending to work with U.S. but were really plotting and planning for an ambush. I will never forget the reports about a year or two ago when the camera men were going to the some of the shops in Iraq and they had uniforms just like American soldiers and they were selling them.