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Posted By: Bill D
22-Aug-05 - 11:10 PM
Thread Name: BS: 'there is no Iraq military solution'
Subject: RE: BS: 'there is no Iraq military solution'
I can copy and paste also, and the Republicans sure are making different noises now:

Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:09:09 EDT
Subject: [NOVAPeoplePoweredDems] Republican
Hypocrites! In their own words...

Quotes from when Clinton committed troops to
Bosnia:

"You can support the troops but not the president."
--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going
to happen is they're going
to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."
--Joe Scarborough (R-FL)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American
servicemen that may come
home in body bags why their son or daughter have to
give up their life?"
--Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

"[The] President . . . is once again releasing
American military might on a
foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no
exit strategy. He has
yet to tell the Congress how much this operation
will cost. And he has not
informed our nation's armed forces about how long
they will be away from home.
These strikes do not make for a sound foreign
policy."
--Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"American foreign policy is now one huge big
mystery. Simply put, the
administration is trying to lead the world with a
feel-good foreign policy."
--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"If we are going to commit American troops, we must
be certain they have a
clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit
strategy."
--Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the
beginning . . I didn't
think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."
--Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History
teaches us that it is
often easier to make war than peace. This
administration is just learning that
lesson right now. The President began this mission
with very vague objectives
and lots of unanswered questions. A month later,
these questions are still
unanswered. There are no clarified rules of
engagement. There is no timetable.
There is no legitimate definition of victory. There
is no contingency plan
for mission creep. There is no clear funding
program. There is no agenda to
bolster our over-extended military. There is no
explanation defining what vital
national interests are at stake. There was no
strategic plan for war when the
President started this thing, and there still is no
plan today"
--Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for
the President to
explain to us what the exit strategy is."
--Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)

Funny thing is, we won that war without a single
killed in action.

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