Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops. The bleak assessment — the most pointed yet from Reid — came as the House voted 215-199 to uphold legislation ordering troops out of Iraq next year.
President George W. Bush and fellow Republicans struggled on Thursday with comparisons between the U.S. wars in Iraq and Vietnam as the Senate's top Democrat declared the Iraq war lost.
An Iraqi government spokesman on Thursday rejected Turkey's threat to attack a separatist Kurdish rebel group operating from bases in northern Iraq and warned such a move would be met with massive resistance.
An inquiry found that Paul Wolfowitz recommended that his companion be awarded a contract for travel to Iraq in 2003.
Senator Harry Reid delivered a biting critique of the Iraq war, saying there was no military solution to the conflict.
Angling for the upper hand, President Bush told Democratic lawmakers on Thursday that their effort to end the war in Iraq is futile and will only undermine the military.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, on an unannounced trip to Iraq, delivered a sharp message to the country's political leaders Thursday: The U.S. military's commitment to the war is not open-ended.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday the war in Iraq is "lost," triggering an angry backlash by Republicans, who said the top Democrat had turned his back on the troops.
Paul D. Wolfowitz personally recommended that his companion be awarded a contract for travel to Iraq in 2003 .
President George W. Bush and fellow Republicans struggled on Thursday with comparisons between the U.S. wars in Iraq and Vietnam as the Senate's top Democrat declared the Iraq lost.