Sen. Lugar Cautions Bush on Iraq [Insinuates Bush doesn't know what he's doing]

AP | Sunday, September 1, 2002 | By WILLIAM C. MANN

[JohnHuang2]

Sunday, September 1, 2002

Quote of the Day by Alberta's Child

[MadIvan]

I remember when this fellow ran for President. He was basing his entire candidacy on his foreign policy expertise. I guess we can be, in the final analysis, glad he did not get very far.

Regards, Ivan

[JohnHuang2]

He was basing his entire candidacy on his foreign policy expertise.

How true. This buffoon thought invading Serbia using 100,000 ground troops was a neat idea. Nuff said.

[Consort]

Bush has to keep his eye on his political enemies or they will stab him in the back. He also has the watch out for the Democrats to a lesser degree.

[MJY1288]

While all the pundits and attantion seekers are voicing their concerns and unwanted advice. GWB must be laughing at all the guessing and second guessing. No matter what happens! When all is said and done on this Iraq deal, Bush will leave them scratching their heads once again. It's called leadership, something most of them know little about

[JohnHuang2]

Bush has to keep his eye on his political enemies or they will stab him in the back.

El hombre de Tejas is giving his clueless opponents just enough rope to hang themselves.

[JohnHuang2]

Spot on, my friend.

Gee, weren't these geniuses telling us how invincible, how ten-feet-tallish the fierce Taliban warriors would be? Scarcely three weeks into Operation Enduring Freedom, the naysayers swarmed the airwaves accusing Bush of too much 'pin-prick' bombing, that he needed 200,000 boots on the ground, blah, blah, blah.

They had egg on their faces when Kabul fell, they will have egg on their faces, yet again. That's a promise.

[Reagan Man]

Did you happen to catch former SoS Lawrence Engleburger on MTP this Sunday? He's turned into a first class buffoon and joins the ranks of the other dunces, who for whatever reason, can't seem to see the growing threat Saddam Hussein is to the ME and the US today. I felt like slapping Larry until he cried uncle!

[swheats]

From "A Charge To Keep", by George W Bush:

"Our nation should be slow to engage troops. But when we do so, we must do so with ferocity. We must not go into a conflict unless we go in committed to win. We can never again ask the military to fight a political war. If American's strategic interests are at stake, if diplomacy fails, if no other option will accomlish the objective, the Commander in Chief must define the mission and allow the military to achieve it."

Bush's guiding principles. I trust they will help define this present mission. Thank God Bush is at the helm and not wannabe senators and strategists looking to make a name for themselves.

[MJY1288]

It will be fun to watch, I can't imagine any of Saddam's generals are looking forward to another spanking like the one handed to them in 1991. My honest opinion is that one of Saddam's Generals will (with our help) 86 Saddam Hussain for us. I notice not too many of these pundits talk about the fact that we have forces in Iraq and they've been there since March :-) What do they think we are doing there.... giving knitting lessosn's to the locals?

[uncbob]

It will be fun to watch, I can't imagine any of Saddam's generals are looking forward to another spanking like the one handed to them in 1991. My honest opinion is that one of Saddam's Generals will (with our help) 86 Saddam Hussain for us.
My thoughts also
Same goes for the general populace who remember 91 very well

[JohnHuang2]

SoS Lawrence Engleburger

hehehe - good one!

[JohnHuang2]

Thank God Bush is at the helm and not wannabe senators and strategists looking to make a name for themselves.

My sentiments exactly.

[JohnHuang2]

My honest opinion is that one of Saddam's Generals will (with our help) 86 Saddam Hussain for us.

My gut tells me the same thing. May sound like a case of pollyanna, but you can't rule out the chances of Saddam getting the boot without the U.S. firing a shot.

[tet68]

Lugar? Is he STILL in office?
Might have known McCain would stick his mug in too.

[MJY1288]

How much fight can be in a force that was thoroughly trounced and had 80,000 of that force surrender (Some even to un-armed reporters), As the rhetoric heats up, Look for one of the Generals to take matters in his own hands and Saddam will be swimming with the fishes

[MadIvan]

Lugar? Is he STILL in office?

Apparently so. I don't understand why the good people of Indiana tolerate him; Indiana is such a nice state too.

Regards, Ivan

[tet68]

We must keep in mind that some of those troops have surrendered to us before, they KNOW what kind of treatment they can expect from us .................and from Saddam.

[MJY1288]

Very good point, they were well taken care of in our custody.