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Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel is angry. He's upset about the more than 1,700 U.S. soldiers killed and nearly 13,000 wounded in Iraq. He's also aggravated by the continued string of sunny assessments from the Bush administration, such as Vice President Dick Cheney's recent remark that the insurgency is in its "last throes." "Things aren't getting better; they're getting worse. The White House is completely disconnected from reality," Hagel tells U.S. News. "It's like they're just making it up as they go along. The reality is that we're losing in Iraq."
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this is coming from a
Republican Senator. however, the White House is going on the offensive:
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Still, the Bush administration is planning to hit back, starting this week, with a renewed public-relations push by the president.
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apparently, as far as the White House is concerned, the war we are are losing in Iraq is not a military problem or a political problem. it's a public relations problem and all will be well if they can just convince us all is well.
the DSM hearing set a small fire last week under the administration's credibility
and as we head into next news cycle, it appears to be still burning.
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But Congress's patience could wear very thin going into an election year. "If things don't start to turn around in six months, then it may be too late," says Hagel. "I think it's that serious."
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