Her comments from Sept. 2007, that it would take “a willing suspension of disbelief” to accept at face value Petraeus’s report on the situation in Iraq.
Today, OH, she's singing a different song: Making her first trip to Iraq as America's top diplomat, Clinton said the country has made great strides despite the recent violence that killed at least 159 people on Thursday and Friday."I think that these suicide bombings ... are unfortunately, in a tragic way, a signal that the rejectionists fear that Iraq is going in the right direction,"
Clinton told reporters traveling aboard her plane ahead of her unannounced visit to Baghdad."I think in Iraq there will always be political conflicts, there will always be, as in any society, sides drawn between different factions, but I really believe Iraq as a whole is on the right track," she said, citing "overwhelming evidence" of "really impressive" progress.
Ya think?
Here's a little tidbit of information:
**During Bill Clinton's presidency, a million Iraquis were killed by Saddam and a UN imposed embargo.
**Since the Iraq war began in 2003... 100,000 Iraqis have been killed.
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