House Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) was quoted by The Washington Times as saying that President Obama’s delay in accepting Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal’s request for more U.S. troops in Afghanistan was dangerous.
Listen, you’ve got American lives on the line over there. As long as they are delaying, that puts in jeopardy, I believe, our men and women.
Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked about that comment during today’s press briefing. “I don’t recall Congressman Cantor saying that when Gen. David D. McKiernan’s request for 30,000 additional troops sat on the desk of the previous Commander-in-Chief, I don’t remember him going to a newspaper or on television and saying that that Commander-in-Chief was endangering the lives of men and women in Afghanistan.”
He continued:
And I think if he didn’t say that under a somewhat similar circumstance, then it’s a bunch of game-playing.
“The American people deserve an assessment that’s beyond game-playing,” Gibbs said.
Late Update: Here’s the video.
