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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[Calpernia]

This is what I got back: Take it easy, Lisa. These things take time. Were looking at four, maybe five months down the road. Congress is taking care of the matter now, it will done very quietly til Hillary is called before a caucus, then the media will pick up on it again...Tom Me xxxxx Me wrote: I never saw a news story about Hillary being censured. Have you heard anymore on that?

[Calpernia]

Reformating:

Take it easy, Lisa. These things take time. Were looking at four, maybe five months down the road. Congress is taking care of the matter now, it will done very quietly til Hillary is called before a caucus, then the media will pick up on it again...Tom

ME wrote:

I never saw a news story about Hillary being censured. Have you heard anymore on that?

[thesummerwind]

I just sent a query for an update on whether she is being censured or not.

I highly doubt it. They're probably baking a cake for her. I'd toss it in her face!

[coincheck]

she will say that it does not change the situation here in the states, that the outcome of the invasion is still questionable and that a majority of the american(liberal) public is against the war.(as she speaks with a forked tongue, hissssssssss) :) coincheck

[SquirrelKing]

S. K., what's your choice in suds?

1. Sam Adams
2. Guiness
3. Shiner Bock
4. Red Stripe
4. Palmetto Amber (local micro)
Corona, Heineken and the rest.

Mmmmm...beer...

[thesummerwind]

You are obviously a connoisseur. A toast to your good taste!

[TheOtherWhiteMeat]

What hateful diatribe against an elected leader of the United States!

Boy, she sure knows how to suck up to the military, huh?

Maybe she should don an oversize helmet and sit in a tank like Dukakis did. I hear it looks REAL presidential.

[MeekOneGOP]

New Year bttt ! ...