DNC Podcast: Senator Reed Says Americans Want Real Plan for Iraq, Not PR Campaign

This week, the Democratic National Committee's Podcast features an interview with U.S. Senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. During the podcast, Senator Reed criticized the Bush Administration for offering a public relations campaign rather than real leadership and a strategy for victory in Iraq.

"The American people have seen past the public relations and now they want to see results on the ground. They don't want to see just slogans. They want to see a real plan that is not apparent to them. It's not apparent I think to anyone yet," he said. "The Administration went in to Iraq with a very flawed strategy," he said.

Reed also pointed to the President Bush's failed Iraqstrategy for the American public's continued loss of confidence in his Administration.

"From the very beginning there was disconnect between what they were saying and what the American people were seeing. President Bush lands on an aircraft carrier and says 'mission accomplished,' yet people still see violence, and they still see anarchy in the streets," said Reed.

"[The American people] don't see a strategy that is working, and they're increasingly not only frustrated but concerned. Not only do they see Iraqin chaos at many times, very critical areas in Iraq. But they look and see the growing power of Iranin the region. They see signs of instability spreading form Iraqto other parts of the region, and they're also wondering, in effect, what this has to do with the war on international terrorists who today are plotting to attack us in the United States, not from Iraq, but from many other parts of the world."

To listen to the podcast, click here.