[Rhodes22-list] WARNING - Politics for Bill - Great quotes aboutBosnia, the war where we lost 0 soldiers

Hank hnw555 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 18 11:57:09 EDT 2005


Stan,
 I didn't miss the irony at all. I fully understood what was being said. I'm 
sure you can go through history and find similar quotes for other situations 
where one party said one thing and then had to eat their words later. That's 
the nature of the political game and has nothing to do with whether the 
beast is Republican or Democrat. 
 Asking a politician to be consistent throughout his political career is 
just about as likely as asking a Rhodie to give up his sailboat and buy a 
stinkpotter.
 Hank

 On 8/18/05, stan <stan at rhodes22.com> wrote: 
> 
> Hank,
> 
> you are missing the irony of these remarkable quotes - they are all from
> Republicans criticizing Bill Clinton's war that lost no service lives. I
> would consider switching parties if now each of these guys was willing to
> repeat the same quotes as they relate to the Bush regime.
> 
> stan/ec
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>
> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] WARNING - Politics for Bill - Great quotes
> aboutBosnia, the war where we lost 0 soldiers
> 
> 
> Mark,
> It would be nice to have the context of each of these quotes. Obviously,
> they are not all concerning the current Iraq war.
> Hank
> 
> On 8/18/05, Mark Kaynor <mkaynor at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > A friend forwarded this to me and I know how much you like quotes, so 
> this
> > one's for you.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > "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)
> >
> >
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