is someone gonna get an ass-whompin'???

i hope it is NOT general peter pace. i know what job general pace has. i know he has to watch what he says. he, in the past has seemed like a straight shooter (so to speak). i hope they don't muzzle him OR 'make' him change his mind about what he said.

i wonder if tony snow is sorry (yet) he took the job

White House spokeman has 'contentious' battle with CNN reporter over alleged Iranian 'meddling' in Iraq

David Edwards and Ron Brynaert

White House spokesman Tony Snow's press briefing turned "contentious" this afternoon, CNN reports, after correspondent Ed Henry asked if the Bush Administration and the US Military were both "on the same page" with regards to accusations that Iran is "meddling" in Iraq.
"You know, this past weekend, US Military officials in Baghdad laid out what they claim to be evidence of Iranian meddling in Iraq," Henry reported on CNN. "Specifically, providing bomb-making materials to insurgents in Iraq who were, in turn, using those materials to kill US soldiers and Marines."
Henry noted that the allegations were "being met with skepticism in part because so many claims the Bush administration made in advance of the Iraq war turned out to be false."..........

...............So Henry said to Snow, "General Peter Pace is now saying that he was not aware that this briefing was going ahead in Baghdad where military officers were talking about Iran's influence in Iraq, this past weekend. How could the chairman of the Joint Chiefs not know that military officers would be briefing in Baghdad?"...........

..........The White House press secretary said that he'd "refer that back to General Pace, frankly," before accusing some in the media of trying to "whomp up" controversy.
"Let me tell you what -- I think a lot of people are trying to whomp up a fight here that doesn't exist," Snow said. "I spoke with General Pace a bit this morning as well."...........

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