Friday, October 5, 2007

Mel Lives in Fantasyland

...in addition to living in Florida and Washington. On Iraq:


Florida’s GOP Sen. Mel Martinez has just taken the U.S. Senate floor to declare that he believes the U.S. troop buildup in Iraq has been succeeding.


Then again, maybe he does live in the real world:


“There’s no question that the (Iraq Prime Minister) Maliki government has not delivered as hoped,” said Martinez.

Martinez added: “There’s no question that the political progress has lagged behind the military progress.”


Nope, Fantasyland:


In fact, Martinez said he believes enough progress is being made in Iraq for Americans to understand “the way forward” is for U.S. troops to continue in Iraq.