"Clinton was10x the president duhbya is and Snow isa professional liar."
Posted on 08/15/2006 6:25:04 PM PDT by WestTexasWend
Q Tony, former President Clinton told ABC News in an interview there this morning that, "While I don't think the foiling of that London bomb plot has any bearing on our Iraq policy, they seem anxious to tie to al Qaeda. If that's true, how come we've got seven times as many troops in Iraq as in Afghanistan? Why is the administration and congressional leadership consistently opposed to adequate checks on cargo containers in ports and airports? I think Republicans should be very careful in trying to play politics on the airport thing -- "
MR. SNOW: Can you hand me that quote when you're done, because I think this one needs some parsing. So you hand that to me, and we will deconstruct, all right? (Laughter.) You have it marked up for me?
Q The bottom of the first --
MR. SNOW: Okay, "I don't think the foiling of the London bomb plot has any bearing on our Iraq policy." Fair enough. "They seem to be anxious to tie it to al Qaeda." I think Bill Plante will tell you that's not true.
Q Well, I don't know that it's not true. I only know what you told me. (Laughter.)
MR. SNOW: Well, I'm telling you the truth. But the fact is, as a public matter, we haven't done it, which leads to a series, therefore, of non sequiturs that are tied to a fallacious premise. The fact is that --
Q Oooh --
MR. SNOW: Well, it is. I'm sorry, but go take a logic class.
Q We're in it. (Laughter.)
MR. SNOW: Exactly. (Laughter.) But I'll tell you what -- for instance, containers. There have been considerable efforts -- and the President continues and he was briefed on this today -- on ways to ensure container safety. The best way to ensure container safety is to ensure at the point of origin. And that's one of the things this government has been very busy doing, is trying to make sure containers, when they leave, are safe and, furthermore, that you have ways of tagging those containers to make sure that they haven't been tampered with on the journey.
So President Clinton, I know, is sort of committing some politics here and accusing Republicans in so doing. But I'll tell you what. I think in the same position he'd be looking at the same options. And I think he would be ordering his people to be every bit as nimble, too, because as a former President he knows how serious this is. And so I appreciate the comment, because it gave me an opportunity to read right off this here transcript -- (laughter.) All right, thank you. Well, I'll keep it as a treasured memento. But it's a bit beside the point.
Q What about his point, though, that in devoting seven times as many troops to Iraq as in Afghanistan, we're not spending enough resources to go after al Qaeda, which is presumably in Afghanistan --
MR. SNOW: Well, among other things, he doesn't know what we're doing to go after al Qaeda. Period. He doesn't know. We're not broadcasting it. We're not going to tell anybody. The other thing is, President Clinton is probably aware of the fact that if you're going to fight an effective war on terror, you don't fight it alone. The Pakistanis have been very helpful on a number of occasions. And the notion that the United States, in and of itself, ought to be winning all the wars is something that we haven't tried to do. The President has assembled not only some of the largest coalitions ever in Iraq, in Afghanistan, but in the war on terror even larger coalitions trying to get people to work together so that the United States doesn't have to expend itself and extend itself everywhere.
So the fact is you have a government in Afghanistan that is standing up and trying to extend its control. And, also, if you take a look at the map of Afghanistan and the troops there, I believe we have nine different countries now that are contributing troops and working throughout the region. And that's a perfect example of the kind of phenomenon I'm talking about. One of the reasons we're doing it is we've got help in Afghanistan. One of reasons we remain committed in Iraq is that we, as the Iraqi people do, understand that there is an attempt there to foil democracy. You heard it a little bit today in some of the talk out of Tehran and also Damascus, where there was crowing about foiling what people were trying to do, which is create democracy. That is one of the reasons why Iraq remains absolutely fundamental, and we're committed to making sure that democracy succeeds.
Goodbye troll....
Yawn.
Whack!!! I sure love that Tony!!
Thanks for the post!
Bye bye troll.
"Clinton was 10x the president duhbya is and Snow is a professional liar."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! What a pitiful miserable life to believe that lie!!
Q Oooh --
MR. SNOW: Well, it is. I'm sorry, but go take a logic class.
Rule 1 of Liberalism: Facts, logic, and consistency are irrelevant.
To the liberal MSM, the word of Bill Clinton is the word of god...
how ridiculously fanatic and pathetic...
Good post...apparently it sent "soldat" right over the edge...
I only wish this was Tony's third year as spokesman...
Tony is awesome and just what has been needed at the White House from Day One!
Tony, and many like him, stands on his feet and calmly responds to the "reporter(s)" and says in two minutes .. ten words that are not sounding brass nor tinkling cymbal .. and turns for another .. 'Next' !
I admire him and men and women like him.
We whom read and listen to re-plays of an event ( unless it's 'live' and we're able to watch/see ) .. must rely on people of integrity and intelligence to filter out the crap and provide for us the Truth.
Thwack! He didn't even know when he should have known, thus, our present state of affairs. Soldat, you're one delusional dude, or dudette, as the case may be.
. . . which leads to a series, therefore, of non sequiturs that are tied to a fallacious premise. The fact is that --It isn't fair to have Tony against 30 reporters. They are no match for him.Q Oooh --
MR. SNOW: Well, it is. I'm sorry, but go take a logic class.
Q We're in it. (Laughter.)
Obviously.
What did EX President Clinton do against Al Quaeda.
zip
What gives him any right to knock president Bush when he didnt do Squat.
By all rights he should be at his library watching his old porn films and keeping his mouth shut.
"Clinton was10x the president duhbya is and Snow isa professional liar."
I thought clinton used to be the lawyer. Is Tony a lawyer?
Tony does this nation a great service and makes this Davidson alumnus proud.
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