Once a supporter of the war in Iraq, Congressman Eliot Engel declared at a congressional hearing that it is “someone else’s civil war.” At a joint Congressional committee hearing on Iraq, Engel disagreed with the rosy assessment given by General Petraeus, stating that, “The American people are fed up and I’m fed up.”
While questioning the general and Ambassador Ryan Crocker, he complained that the U.S. is stuck with an open commitment to Iraq and that the Iraqi people “will not step up until we step out.” Engel cited a 2004 op-ed piece in the Washington Post where Petraeus spoke of progress in Iraq, but with no tangible end in sight, he doubted the accuracy of the statement.
On his Web site, Engel expresses support for bringing U.S. troops home and calls the war, “our blunder in Iraq.” He has repeatedly stated that the situation in Iraq is one of civil war that cannot be solved by U.S. military presence.
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