Delay Calls On Pelosi to Apologize for Comments; Democrat Leader Calls Iraq Liberation 'Grotesque Mistake'

U.S. Newswire › June 20, 2005

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SUGAR LAND, Texas, June 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) today called on House Democrat Leader Nancy Pelosi to apologize for her comments late last week calling the liberation of 25 million Iraqis a "grotesque mistake" and saying America's investment in Operation Iraqi Freedom has been "without success."

"Mrs. Pelosi, just like Senator Durbin, is trying to score political points at the expense of our troops, and she owes our military and their families an apology for her reckless comments." DeLay said. "The Pelosi-Durbin Democrats may think comparing our troops to Soviet and Nazi secret police is good politics, but it has no place in the leadership of one of America's two parties."

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Delay Calls On Pelosi to Apologize for Comments; Democrat Leader Calls Iraq Liberation 'Grotesque Mistake'

DeLay added that Mrs. Pelosi's comments, coming on the heels...

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