Memo to CA: Dump Issa.
Thinkprogress:
Yesterday, while the House was debating a resolution to condemn the State Department for withholding details on corruption in Iraq, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) defended Blackwater USA against charges that “they murdered in cold blood defenseless civilians” at Nisour Square in Baghdad on September 16. “in order to believe that,” Issa argued, “you have to believe the Ministry of Interior.”
Issa then attacked Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), accusing them of “go[ing] after our troops” by pressing for oversight of private contractors in Iraq:
In order to believe that combat veterans, special forces veterans, Green Berets and Special Forces S.E.A.L.S., now out of the military and back in harm’s way in Iraq working for Blackwater, in order to believe that they murdered in cold blood defenseless civilians in an intersection just for sport just after a bomb went off, you have to believe the Ministry of Interior. And Mr. Waxman would have had the committee believe that on Tuesday. […]
So Mr. Speaker, what i would say is, Mr. Waxman and the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi cannot have it both ways. They cannot go after our troops in harm’s way, our contractors serving in those capacities, similar, most of them if not all of them veterans…and then say, but this group is so corrupt, we must leave
1 comment:
Issa better look like protecting himself because he's up to his neck in trouble. I know he was paid by Blackwater to protect their interest but it's to late.
Look for Issa to come up with an illness as he resigns.
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