Hillary to Troops: Support for War Fading

NewsMax.com ^ | 11/29/03 | "With Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff"

[thesummerwind]

Moderator note: I know it's going to be tough, but, please watch the calls for violence against this creature.

In a demoralizing message to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, visiting New York Sen. Hillary Clinton told them that Americans back home are growing increasingly skeptical of President Bush's decision to send them into battle.

Describing two meetings with G.I.s over turkey dinners in Baghdad, Sen. Clinton told reporters later that soldiers wanted to know "how the people at home feel about what we are doing."

Clinton said she told the troops, "Americans are wholeheartedly proud of what you are doing but there are many questions at home about the (Bush) administration's policies."

She also suggested that the U.S. could eventually loose the war in Iraq, contending, "We have to exert all of our efforts militarily, but the outcome is not assured."

Despite her sour pronouncements, the former first lady insisted that the soldiers were just as glad to see her as they were President Bush, whose surprise visit less than 24-hours earlier was greeted with standing ovations.

"It's a positive for the commander-in-chief to visit troops in the field," Clinton told reporters, adding, "the troops [also] seemed to appreciate seeing myself."

Speaking from a secure location just over the Kuwaiti border, Mrs. Clinton launched one verbal salvo after another at the White House, arguing that Bush officials had been "obsessed" with getting Saddam Hussein and saying the perception blinded them to the difficulties of deposing his regime.

"The Pentagon tried to make do with as few troops as possible, as light a footprint as they could get away with," Clinton said. "Now, we're playing catchup . . . Unfortunately, I don't think they fully appreciated the conditions we would encounter."

The top Democrat also reprised her charge that the White House is being less than candid when it comes to apprising the American people of the costs of the war.

"The obstacles and problems here are much greater than the administration usually admits to," she said, adding, "Everybody has to be honest."

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[mariamou68]

She may be plotting a run for the White House-heaven help us. This is probably a ploy for her run-plant evil seeds in the soldiers heads so they will vote Dem when they return.

[mariamou68]

Don't forget Clinton in the name! It gives it its proper perspective. Once a Clinton always a Clinton.

[TrueBeliever9]

Please register your distain for Senator Clinton's behavior: www.senate.gov

Select Committees bar at the top of the page; select Armed Services Committee and email each one! Your voice only counts when they have it in writing!

[thesummerwind]

Phone calls going out Monday to D.C.!!!

Monday is ACTION day on this.

[twntaipan]

She is surely among the most vilest of creatures. Pond scum is above her in terms of character and worth.

[rdb3]

He coined the phrase in relation to the fall of Russia and the new way nations would relate to each other in the newly emerging global economy.

Perhaps you should look up the word "coin(ed]." I agree with you that he used the term. He just didn't coin it.

Why would you concentrate on such a comparitively minor nit pick, do you have anything besides this that you wish to add, argue, or deny?

I was just pointing something out to you. Nothing more and nothing less.

[thesummerwind]

Yes, the NewsMax headline could be seen as an over statement. But, the direct meaning of all her comments was clear. They were destructive to the good people in our military, IMO.

[TrebleRebel]

How dare this woman speak for me! Support is stronger than ever, and the fact that she took the opposite message to my troops is proof that she's a self-serving pontificating beeyatch.

[Corin Stormhands]

Please register your distain for Senator Clinton's behavior: www.senate.gov

I can't seem to get thru to any of the senate sites this a.m. Anyone else having that problem?

[Cvengr]

Elsewhere in the news (or IWSMI--'It wouldn't surprise me if'), Hillary dressed in streetclothes, spent a night with Tim Robbins and the homeless providing the Socialist Democratic response to compassionate conservativism. Bodies of the homeless they torched with lighter fluid were discovered the day after Thanksgiving.

[thesummerwind]

She knows that, which is why she still may "run" in 2004.

Agree here. I don't think she can afford to wait. I believe some here, just my opinion, are in denial because her plan has been near perfect. She and her husband have these nine lame dwarfs running around acting foolish, and she walks in at the Dem. Convention to save the day. Giuliani would kick her wide-load a** in New York in 2006.

So, I do think she's running. The set-up is perfect for her. All she needs is one big fiasco against G.W. and she's in! It's not pretty.

[proud American in Canada]

"but the thought that she could demoralize some 19 year oid kid,putting his life on the line everyday, makes me boiling mad."


this can't be repeated often enough ....

[proud American in Canada]

"it from me, this (FR) is the site in the country with the most intelligent (and most humorous) members of all. It is a joy to communicate with such substantial and motivated people. This site is a genuine compliment to America."


Well said! And thank you for a terrific thread. I hope something comes of it.

and now to find my letter to WGN, buried somewhere in this massive thread! :) I'll cut and paste it to some other media outlets.

btw, I can't get anything up here other than CNN--not even Tim Russert's show. Have any of the Sunday morning talk shows brought up her comments?

[international american]

"The other thing I didn't mention...we just CANNOT nominate someone who is merely a party faithful, like we did with Bob Dole.

The best way to defeat Hillary in 2008 is to defeat her in NY in 2006!"

Agreed! Dole lost the day he decided to run. Republicans have run a lot of weak candidates across the country. It is amazing we have done as well as we have.
Best, IA

[livius]

There is no telling how many more Americans and other coalition forces individuals her statement[s] will cause to lose their lives.

Only a day later 7 Spaniards and 2 Japanese are killed. And not only that, but the killers of the Spaniards let themselves be filmed stomping on the bodies.

Now whatever could have emboldened them so?

[estrogen]

I understand why early breeders probably feel different. Did that make any sense?

I understand perfectly wardaddy. I had my first child at 21 when I was still a baby, followed by another 13 months later. I always wanted to do Europe and travel etc. but being young and with toddlers was lucky if I got out for dinner ! I was still young enough when they left home to do all those things. After 9/11 travel became less important to me and now I spend a lot of time with my grandchildren close to home.

Whether you do it (raise a family) when your a youngin or when your older, it truly is the most rewarding vocation I've experienced. Kudos to you for helping that wife!!!!

[proud American in Canada]

"For our soldiers, Free Republic needs to have I SURVIVED A VISIT BY THE BITCH t-shirts."

Now that's a great idea! That slogan on the front, and FR's url and eagle picture on the back.


Or maybe, "I survived a visit by Hagdad Hitlery." :)

[kdmhcdcfld]

Moderator...

I'm sorry for this post, but WHAT A F*CKING BITCH!!!!!

[nutmeg]

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