Reply #28: Here we go again with words taken

[BenDavid]

out of context and reported wrong throughout the country. Here is exactly what Reid said:
"This war is lost, and that the surge is not accomplishing anything, as indicated by the extreme violence in Iraq yesterday.
I was like the odd guy out yesterday at the White House, but I at least told him what he needed to hear, not what he wanted to hear. And more people have to start telling George Bush what he needs to hear, not what he wants to hear. I did that."

HERE IS WHAT THE MEDIA DID NOT REPORT FROM THE SAME SPEECH ----"My conscience is clear, because I believe the war, at this stage, can only be won diplomatically, politically, and economically."

In the subsequent Senate floor speech, Reid again said that the "war is lost" but reiterated his belief that there is a political solution to a stable and secure Iraq:

Mr. REID. Madam President, the White House has been telling America that Democrats are doing the wrong thing by calling for a change of course in Iraq. They say holding the Iraqi Government accountable is wrong. They say finding a political solution Iraq is wrong. They say redeploying troops out of a civil war is wrong. They have said even debating a strategy for changing course is dangerous, and many Senate Republicans have backed that up by blocking several of our attempts to debate this issue here on the Senate Floor.

Conditions in Iraq get worse by the day. Now we find ourselves policing another nation's civil war. We are less secure from the many threats to our national security than we were when the war began. **********As long as we follow the President's path in Iraq, the war is lost. But there is still a chance to change course and we must change course.********** No one wants us to succeed in the Middle East more than I do. But there must be a change of course. Our brave men and women overseas have passed every test with flying colors. They have earned our pride and our praise. More important, they deserve a strategy worthy of their sacrifice.

Yet, in reporting on Reid's statement that the Iraq war "is lost," most media outlets failed to provide the full context of his comments. In addition to the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, the following television news shows did not include the portion of Reid's statements in which he said that "the war, at this stage, can only be won diplomatically, politically, and economically"

AND THIS IS THE SHAME OF THIS SO CALLED LIBERAL MEDIA.....