Hagel opposes sending more troops to Baghdad [He suggested enlisting former Presidents Bill Clinton

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[Sub-Driver]

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Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel (news, bio, voting record), a frequent Republican critic of President George W. Bush's Iraq policy, said on Sunday it was irresponsible and wrong to send more U.S. troops to Baghdad.

Speaking on the CBS show "Face the Nation," Hagel said pouring more U.S. troops into Baghdad would not reverse the rising tide of sectarian killing there.

"Where we go from here ... is a cold, hard assessment that Iraq is not going to turn out the way we were promised it would, and that's a fact, not because I say it -- that's the way it's going," he said.

Hagel said there were no longer any good options in Iraq for the United States. He suggested enlisting former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush the elder to convene a regional peace conference.

"It is very wrong to put American troops in a hopeless, winless situation, just keep feeding them in to what's going on. That's irresponsible and that is wrong," he said.

On Thursday, the top U.S. commander in the Middle East, Gen. John Abizaid, told a Senate committee sectarian the situation in Baghdad was "probably as bad as I have seen" and if the tide was not reversed it was possible Iraq could slide into civil war.

But Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on NBC's "Meet the Press," insisted the picture was not so gloomy.

"It is a far better Iraq today despite its many difficulties than an Iraq that relied on repression to resolve differences between their various groups," Rice said.

"Iraqis haven't made a choice for civil war. Iraqis have made a choice for unified government that can deliver for all Iraqis," she said.

[Sub-Driver]

loopy.....

[Rosemont]

RINO "Amnesty Carlito" Hagel will say anything for MSM approval.

[HawaiianGecko]

He suggested enlisting former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush the elder to convene a regional peace conference.

This is laughable.  Peace conference with who?  Everyone but the Iraqi government?  What is the matter with this man's thinking?

[headstamp]

"Hagel said there were no longer any good options in Iraq for the United States. He suggested enlisting former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush the elder to convene a regional peace conference."

Oh yeah that'll fix it. What an absolute moron. Chuck (Murtha 2), you've been in the Senate far too long, time to get back to reality in the private sector.

[headstamp]

It's called political hand-wringing.

[YOUGOTIT]

Hagel anti-American left-wing TRAITOR.

[gondramB]

>>it was irresponsible and wrong to send more U.S. troops to Baghdad.<<

There is a reason we have a commander in chief who is a civilian and relies on the Joint chiefs for military strategy..so we don't get hundreds of politically motivated voices attempting to direct military strategy.

[johnny7]

Hey... we finally got a Kucinich in the Senate... AND HE'S A REPUBLICAN!

[Jameison]

"It is very wrong to put American troops in a hopeless, winless situation, just keep feeding them in to what's going on. That's irresponsible and that is wrong," he said.

It's just as well Chucky wasn't in charge of this country in WWII.
At Iwo Jima alone, America took 6,825 dead in just 36 days of fighting.
That's over twice the entire casualties our troops have taken in over 3 years of fighting in Iraq.
Old Chucky woulda just given up and gone home after 10 dead, and we'd be speaking Japanese today.

[YaYa123]

On Friday I posted a CNN Wolf Blitzer interview with Roula Talj is a former adviser to Lebanon's government, a Lebanese political analyst. Blitzer clearly was advertising the letter she wrote to Bill Clinton, begging him to get over there and save the world.

You have to read it to believe it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1678224/posts post # 19



I didn't see Hagel this morning, but it sounds as if he is echoing Roula Talj, and we're in on the ground floor of an orchestrated "draft Bill Clinton" movement.

[vaudine]

Hey Chuckie--Please list Bill's SUCCESSES in the middle east--in Haiti--in No. Korea. Inquiring minds want to know how he could do better, having already done worse as President.

vaudine

[alloysteel]

Not enough before, too many now?

How many times can one individual come down on the wrong side of the SAME issue?

First there were not nearly enough (we needed 400,000 to 500,000 troops), then ALL the troops had to get out, right now, so sending in more is altogether the wrong message to the world?

Unlike Viet Nam, THIS military engagement is not being micromanaged from 10,000 miles away. The decisions, despite an enormous amount of rhetoric denying the fact, really are made on the ground in Iraq, and the civilian authority of the Bush Administration fully supports these decisions.

[OldFriend]

And slick willie's success in Kosovo, Bosnia, Somalia, Wye Plantation Accord, Ramboullete Accord, Serbia.......

[billhilly]

I suggest firing Hagel.

[freeangel]

We are in this sorry state now because the only thing clinton had the nerve to get up and be agressive with went into monica.

[Jewels1091]

Hagel has signed his own defeat

[FreeRep]

Apparently Chuck Hagel favors appeasement behind Bill Clinton skirt dress. The smell and stench of appeasement in the air in Washington.

[Suzy Quzy]

Sad sack Hagel....Hey Chuck, your village called...their missing their idiot.

[Cheburashka]

He suggested enlisting former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush the elder to convene a regional peace conference.
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Bill Clinton has a prior engagement.

He promised that if Israel was attacked he would get down in the trenches and fight for it. So he has to fly to Israel, get his helmet and Uzi and report to the front.

Oh, wait a minute, I forgot. Bill Clinton is a lying sack of [insert appropriate noun here] and nothing he says or promises should be paid the slightest attention.

Boy, is my face red.

[Oldsailor]

I would sure be for getting rid of this guy who is not really a Nebraskan and has not represented Nebraska for a long time.