Your dead son doesn't matter
State Democrats blast Nethercutt for Iraq comment
By David Ammons
The Associated Press
OLYMPIA — State Democrats have blistered Republican U.S. Rep. George Nethercutt for saying Iraq's reconstruction is "a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day."
Democratic state Chairman Paul Berendt said Nethercutt has turned into "an administration shill who insults the service of the men and women brave enough to serve their country."
Nethercutt replied that his remarks had been mischaracterized. He said he knows firsthand the sacrifice of American soldiers and deplores the continuing violence in Iraq.
The Spokane congressman, best known for knocking off the sitting speaker of the U.S. House, Tom Foley, in 1994, told a University of Washington forum Monday that "the story of what we've done in the postwar period is remarkable," better than the news media are portraying.
"It is a better and more important story than losing a couple of soldiers every day," he told his audience, while adding he did not want any more soldiers to die.
He's just saying what Bush thinks.
posted by Steve @ 7:11:00 PM
