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Bill Clinton: U.S. Likely to Lose in Iraq (GRRRRRRRRR!)
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| 10/6/05
Posted on 10/06/2005 10:30:31 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Ex-president Bill Clinton is predicting that the U.S. will lose the war in Iraq, saying "the odds are not great of our prevailing there."
In an interview with the Ladies Home Journal due out next month, Clinton calls the Iraq war "a quagmire" and warns "it could go wrong."
He reminded: "Since the end of World War II, the only major foreign power that succeeded in putting down an insurgency was the British putting down the Malay insurgency, but the British stayed 15 years."
"So you can say for historical reasons, the odds are not great of our prevailing there," he argued.
Despite Clinton's prediction of U.S. failure, he said analogies to Vietnam were not fair. "The reason this is not Vietnam is that 58 percent of the eligible voters showed up and voted in Iraq," he told the Journal.
On the other hand, he said, the South Vietnamese government was "never legitimate" in the eyes of the Vietnamese.
Clinton spokesman Jay Carson immediately sought to tone down the ex-president morale-busting remarks, telling the New York Daily News:
"President Clinton has always been clear that there are reasons for optimism and that there clearly are reasons for concern with the current situation in Iraq. But no one has been clearer than President Clinton about the necessity of winning now that we are there."
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To: areafiftyone
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posted on
10/06/2005 11:22:49 AM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
(FreeRepublic: your educational retreat from the stress of Leftist media jihad.)
To: eureka!
122
posted on
10/06/2005 11:25:31 AM PDT
by
Christian4Bush
(FreeRepublic: your educational retreat from the stress of Leftist media jihad.)
To: clee1
Has this jackazz EVER been right about ANY aspect of foreign affairs?Of course, it depends on what kind of "affair" you're talking about! /S
123
posted on
10/06/2005 11:27:09 AM PDT
by
melancholy
(There are no columnists in the MSM, only fifth columnists.)
To: The Worthless Miracle
It's amazing how little shame he apparently feels for his legacy and tenure in office.
This guy deserves to be ridiculed through the end of his days, and in history books to come.
124
posted on
10/06/2005 11:27:59 AM PDT
by
in hoc signo vinces
("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis.")
To: areafiftyone
Great comment to keep the troops morale up.
125
posted on
10/06/2005 11:29:48 AM PDT
by
JRP0322
To: areafiftyone
If I see one more photo-op with him and Bush's I will be furious!!! He is a sleazo and has used up the Bush family and now is repaying the favor to the Queen B*tch Hillary for her presidential bid.
126
posted on
10/06/2005 11:36:58 AM PDT
by
sandbar
To: in hoc signo vinces; Hushpuppie
As usual, the Impeached Bill slobbers all over the microphones and offers his opinions...but REMEMBER he didn't do NOTHING RIGHT WHEN HE HAD THE REINS!!
This is not about MONICA, Bill!!
127
posted on
10/06/2005 11:42:33 AM PDT
by
Colonial Warrior
("I've entered the snapdragon part of my life....Part of me has snapped...the rest is draggin'.")
To: areafiftyone
So when is Bill going to pull the troops from the former Yugoslavia as promised?
128
posted on
10/06/2005 11:42:45 AM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Aren't the "reality-based community" folks the same ones who insist there is no objective reality?)
To: areafiftyone
Ex-president Bill Clinton is predicting that the U.S. will lose the war in Iraq, saying "the odds are not great of our prevailing there."
October Suprise
To: areafiftyone
By the way, Rapist, those other insurgencies you mentioned were actual uprisings by citizens of said countries.
This "insurgency" is lead by foreign terrorists...not remotely the same thing.
To: Diddle E. Squat
Re#105 Trouble now is that the Sink Emperor doesn't command the coverage. That Freeh book will get a lot more...
131
posted on
10/06/2005 11:48:26 AM PDT
by
eureka!
(Hey Lefties: Only 3 and 1/4 more years of W. Hehehehe....)
To: areafiftyone
Bubba knows about historical lessons.
Look at all the lessons he has taught many who licked his boots and what he gave them in return for loyalty.
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posted on
10/06/2005 11:49:18 AM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/06/2005 11:52:03 AM PDT
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NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/06/2005 11:52:49 AM PDT
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NormsRevenge
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To: areafiftyone
Poor Billy, he didn't take care of Saddam when he should have, and now he has to bad mouth the President to make himself look better. What a surprise.
135
posted on
10/06/2005 11:59:46 AM PDT
by
TheDon
(The Democratic Party is the party of TREASON!)
To: Spruce
To: areafiftyone
"Since the end of World War II, the only major foreign power that succeeded in putting down an insurgency was the British putting down the Malay insurgency, but the British stayed 15 years." "So you can say for historical reasons, the odds are not great of our prevailing there," he argued.
Hey Willard, what was your Major in College? Surely it wasn't HISTORY.
- Rebellion in US Occupied Korea 1946:
Once the United States occupation force chose to bolster the status quo and resist radical reform of colonial legacies, it immediately ran into monumental opposition to its policies from the majority of South Koreans. The United States Army Military Government in Korea (1945-48) spent most of its first year suppressing the many people's committees that had emerged in the provinces. This action provoked a massive rebellion in the fall of 1946... the rebellion was suppressed - Revolt in Madagascar 1947-1948
...In less than a year, Malagasy nationalist tribesmen rose in revolt in the island's eastern part; after receiving reinforcements, resident French soldiers were able to quell it... - Korean Guerrilla War 1948-1949
..radical activists developed a significant guerrilla movement in 1948 and 1949 - Nationalist Uprising in Puerto Rico 1950
Pedro Albizu Campos led a failed uprising in Puerto Rico, which was quickly defeated by the island's National Guard (October 30) - East German Uprising 1953
- USSR Hungary Revolt 1956
- The Prague Spring in Czechoslovakia 1968
And Billy-Jeff last but not least was Israel's insurgency against the Brits.
137
posted on
10/06/2005 12:09:09 PM PDT
by
Condor51
(Leftists are moral and intellectual parasites - Standing Wolf)
To: twigs
To: Condor51
Our troops will never survive the brutal Iraqi winter!
Oops, that's Afghanistan, where no invader has ever managed to win.
We did? Damn.
139
posted on
10/06/2005 12:18:06 PM PDT
by
wingnutx
(tanstaafl)
To: leadpenny
Now he has to go the Ladies Home Journal to burnish his image? If I were him, I'd be so embarrassed I'd never show my face in public again. Not for Monica, for Osama.
140
posted on
10/06/2005 12:48:16 PM PDT
by
JRjr
(hMMM?)
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