House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticized the Bush administration for insisting on more troops when there was broad-based opposition and other countries were drawing down their forces.
"The announcement by the British government confirms the doubts in the minds of the American people about the President’s decision to increase the number of U.S. soldiers in Iraq," the California Democrat said.
Cheney ridiculed Pelosi and war critic Rep. John Murtha, a Pennsylvania Democrat, for their opposition to sending more U.S. forces into Iraq.
"I think in fact if we were to do what Speaker Pelosi and Congressman Murtha are suggesting, all we’ll do is validate the al Qaeda strategy, the al Qaeda strategy is to break the will of the American people," Cheney told ABC News.
Vice President Cheney continues to question the patriotism of those of us in Congress who challenge the Bush Administration’s misguided policies in Iraq, but his latest attack is beneath the office of the Vice President, especially at a time of war.
Mischaracterizations by the Vice President will not dissuade Congress from developing, on a bipartisan basis, a responsible new direction for U.S. policy in Iraq that brings our troops home safely and soon. I hope the President will repudiate and distance himself from the Vice President’s remarks.
Nancy Pelosi
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