Posted on 02/26/2005 7:46:59 PM PST by kingattax
TOKYO — Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday he expects diplomacy to play a larger role in President Bush's second term in office because of "the drain on our military." Speaking at an international forum in Japan, Clinton said Bush's second-term appointment of Condoleezza Rice (search) as secretary of state marked a new beginning for the administration. "I think by sending Condoleezza Rice to the State Department (search), (the president) was saying diplomacy will be more important in his second term," Clinton said. "The drain on our military has made this administration more interested in diplomacy." Clinton also was in Tokyo to promote a Japanese-language edition of his best-selling memoir "My Life."
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Megabarf.
If Osama Was A Piece of Ass
Clinton Would Have Nailed Him
Would somebody please re-post the list of the military assets that William the Impeached destroyed?
Yo Bill, shut up.
Here is another fine example of the liberal double standard and the left ACCUSING THE RIGHT of doing exactly what they do. This impeached reporbate spent EIGHT YEARS DESSIMATING AND DEMORALIZING THE MILITARY OF OUR COUNTRY and he has to twisted, sick gall to accuse GWB of marginalizing ANYTHING about our military. Who the hell is this maggot, who was despised by the majority of our military, to in any way, PRETEND that he is concerned about our military????
PASS THE LARGEST BARF BUCKET PLEASE!!!!
Good old Clintoon, still signaling American military weakness, real or imagined, to our enemies.
That would make a fantastic bumper sticker.
Clinton said. "The drain on our military has made this administration more interested in diplomacy."
Hey Bubba, stop giving our enemies food for thought. And btw, why didn't you take out bin laden?? And just where is Sandy right now?
sandy berglar is somewhere stuffin his socks and pants.
No, Monica drained Bubba and Bubba in turn, drained the military. Well documented his disdain for the military.
I'm sure he will also blame G. Washington for straining our relations with Great Britain. Shouldn't this guy be dead from an std by now?
Not to defend Bill, but the war in Iraq and Afghanistan is indeed a drain on our military. And, Clinton has been extremely consistent in supporting the President's decision to go to war in Iraq.
Clinton has pretty much refrained from criticism of Bush with regard to the military actions, and in fact defended him against criticisms made by his fellow democrats, especially with regard to WMDs. (See Larry Elder, FrontPage Magazine, August 1, 2003: http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=9191)
See also:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/06/19/clinton.iraq/
It sounds like folks are reading more into these comments than was intended.
as long as Bubba I is useful to hellary he will be allowed to breath.
Good one! This guy should shut his mouth (and his zipper, but we won't go there!). He would have disbanded the military altogether if he didn't see it as a tool for his PC social experiments.
Friend of mine has a son in the Navy who was in HongKong a few days ago. There was much excitement--he didn't know why--then he found out that BillyBoy was in town hawking his book. He had a line waiting for signed copies stretching out for a couple blocks.
Maybe these folks need a dose of what the Chicoms have in store for them--wake them up before it is too late.
Old Sarge, are you referring to this?!
Can You Name This Country?
709,000 REGULAR (ACTIVE DUTY) PERSONNEL.
293,000 RESERVE TROOPS.
EIGHT STANDING ARMY DIVISIONS.
20 AIR FORCE AND NAVY AIR WINGS WITH 2,000 COMBAT AIRCRAFT.
232 STRATEGIC BOMBERS.
19 STRATEGIC BALLISTIC MISSILE SUBMARINES WITH 3,114 NUCLEAR
WARHEADS
ON 232 MISSILES.
500 ICBMs WITH 1,950 WARHEADS.
FOUR AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND 121 SURFACE COMBAT SHIPS AND SUBMARINES
PLUS ALL THE SUPPORT BASES, SHIPYARDS, AND LOGISTICAL ASSETS NEEDED
TO
SUSTAIN SUCH A NAVAL FORCE.
IS THIS COUNTRY:
RUSSIA? NO
CHINA? NO
GREAT BRITAIN? NO
FRANCE? WRONG AGAIN
MUST BE USA? STILL WRONG
GIVE UP?
THESE ARE THE AMERICAN MILITARY FORCES THAT WERE ELIMINATED DURING
THE ADMINISTRATION OF BILL CLINTON AND AL GORE
Yes it would
"Would somebody please re-post the list of the military assets that William the Impeached destroyed?"
Add to that sending the military all over the place with perhaps the worse scope definition (including mission creep) and ROE's since McNamara was SecDef.
And the introduction of "political education" sessions in place of real training.
sure would be nice to have some of that back now,wouldn't it ?
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