May 28, 2005

• Hey, check it out: Scott McClellan refuses to say that the US invaded Iraq:
  

  Q The other day -- in fact, this week, you said that we, the United States, is in Afghanistan and Iraq by invitation. Would you like to correct that incredible distortion of American history --

  MR. McCLELLAN: No, we are -- that's where we currently --

  Q -- in view of your credibility is already mired? How can you say that?

  MR. McCLELLAN: Helen, I think everyone in this room knows that you're taking that comment out of context. There are two democratically-elected governments in Iraq and --

  Q We're we invited into Iraq?

  MR. McCLELLAN: There are two democratically-elected governments now in Iraq and Afghanistan, and we are there at their invitation. They are sovereign governments, and we are there today --

  Q You mean if they had asked us out, that we would have left?

  MR. McCLELLAN: No, Helen, I'm talking about today. We are there at their invitation. They are sovereign governments --

  Q I'm talking about today, too.

  MR. McCLELLAN: -- and we are doing all we can to train and equip their security forces so that they can provide for their own security as they move forward on a free and democratic future.

  Q Did we invade those countries?

  MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, Steve.

  Q Is Prime Minister Abbas doing enough to crack down on terror?

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