Posted on 04/20/2007 5:35:09 AM PDT by areafiftyone
In two terms as mayor of New York, Rudy Giuliani turned a city beset by crime and violence into one of the safest, most livable metropolises in America. And he fearlessly led New York as it confronted the despair and destruction following September 11. But the turmoil of Giuliani's private life prompted many to dismiss his quest for the Republican nomination for President as the folly of a man with too much baggage to be a serious candidate. Never one to put much stock in political pundits or conventional wisdom, Giuliani has soldiered on, and as of Apr. 18, early polling had him leading the GOP pack.
What would you do differently in Iraq?
I think the policy in Iraq has to be: Clear, hold, and build. As soon as you get to a situation of considerably less violence, you have to get the Iraqis to rebuild their infrastructure, open their factories, fix their roads and schools. The statistic that worries me the most about Iraq, in addition to the obvious violence that has to be reduced, is its 60% unemployment, at least as of a month ago. If there's 60% unemployment in Iraq six months from now, it's going to be very hard to create stability.
When should the troops pull out?
I can't emphasize [enough] how irresponsible Congress has been. The idea of having a timetable for withdrawal, which many of the Democrats used to say they would never doParagraph .is very, very dangerous. I can't remember in the history of war when an army or a country has announced its retreat and then given the enemy a timetable of that retreat.
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is its 60% unemployment, at least as of a month ago ???
The report of the Pentagon for Congress on November 2006 was :
Unemployment : 13-18% of Iraqis
Source : http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2006/iraq-security-stability_nov2006.htm
I wonder where that statistic came from? Maybe in Baghdad?
He’s being advised on Iraq by John Bolton - I am guessing the number are probably correct.
Better not ask how much goat milk is in Iraq.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1815486/posts
Armchair warrior. It’s different when your in the drivers seat. Hopefully he’ll never find out.
Okay the study was done by the University of Baghdad. At least that is what I read.
Oh big deal. Half the men in the U.S. don’t know how much a quart of milk is.
Sounds like a plan for victory.
I wish he'd make up his mind on the rhetoric.
Having witnessed firsthand the Giuliani NYC Reclamation Project, I can say the country would be in good hands with President Giuliani. A flawed individual to be sure, Rudy would set a quite different tone in DC. I realize he’s not popular here, and for good reason, but his leadership skills are head and shoulders above anyone the Democrat Party has to offer.
99.9% of them aren’t running for President either.
Rudys campaign merely talks to individuals like Bolton.
I believe we went through this last week.
And that is your litmus test for president? How much is a quart of milk? LOL! What president who had any money at all goes to the grocery store to do their grocery shopping?
I didn’t say Bolton was on his team I said he was advising him on Iraq. GET A GRIP! I swear you guys live in perpetual fear about Rudy.
No, but Constitutional Rights and baby killing are.
If you are so worried about baby killing go stand in front of an abortion clinic and protest. DO SOMETHING!. I don’t see any of you guys doing that. All you do is slam Rudy all day all night over one issue. Amazing how you can blame one guy for all the baby killing in the world.
We just don’t want him to hold the highest office in the land.
It’s not an acceptable stance.
His gun grabbing is just as bad, btw.
Yeaa right. He went from town to town like the sheriff and grabbed all the guns he could find and you know what?? He hid them. Weapons of Mass Destruction ya know! (/sarcasm)
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