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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[Toespi]

I would be curious to know if these statements were made before or after her learning about the President's trip to Iraq. I suspect it was the latter.

[Lancey Howard]

I hope Fox has an video clip:

"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." - - Hillary Clinton

[who knows what evil?]

At a minimum, she needs to be removed from the committee.

I'm not a "minimum" kind of guy. I won't be happy until I see her fighting with her fellow rats over scraps of food in a dumpster. Can the State of New York "recall" her from the Senate?

[marvlus]

go to hell hill

I second that motion.

[madison10]

So when are they going to arrest this COW for treason? I don't think her plane should be allowed to land on U.S. soil.

[FreeReign]

[Hillary]:"We have to exert all of our efforts militarily, but the outcome is not assured."

[Bush]: "We will root out all the terrorists who threaten America and our allies. We will not be secure as a nation until all these threats are eliminated. And no matter how long it takes, we will fight the enemies of freedom, and we will win."

(My Bold)

[Fresh Wind]

Message to H*****y:

Go to Hell.
Go directly to Hell.
Do not pass Washington.
Do not collect two billion dollars.

[cardinal4]

I have never seen such a visceral reaction from so many posters at one time against Hillary. I hate to sound like a broken record, but my hatred for this woman grows unhealthy..

[headsonpikes]

ONE HEAD - ONE PIKE!!!

Metaphorically speaking.(not a call for violence) ;^)

[Calpernia]

What ever post of yours got deleted, consider this a bump to it.

[the invisib1e hand]

hill: kljgs(*&t#)_n k:jfdsn

bush: "we will win"

I think it's crystal clear by these remarks just who is leadership material and is not.

[Search4Truth]

There are reports coming from Afghanistan and Iraq that during Hitlery's visit, horses started to sweat in the morning, cow's milk soured and animals are being stillborn.

Merciful father, in thy infinite grace, purge me of this hatred.

[Calpernia]

AND, whatever post of yours got deleted...I bump it.

[Tall_Texan]

If I was a soldier over there, I wouldn't have spoken to this (w)itch if my CO ordered me to!

I would. I would simply say "thank God we have a real man running this country and not the commie-symp trailer trash that used to be there ma'am."

[Aeronaut]

I am also a first-timer in the deletion club. Mine deserved to be deleted - I let anger and passion beat out good sense, but it felt kinda good. (for a moment)

[sweetliberty]

This traitorous scum b*tch needs to be dispatched to the outermost reaches of Siberia or somwhere that she can't hurt anybody any more. I never hated anybody in my life until the Clintons came along, and just when I think it is impossible to hate anybody any more one of them does something even more despicable. She should be arrested the second she returns to American soil and publicly tried for treason! Happy to see her indeed! I think they would be much happier to see her get the punishment she so richly deserves! Why do we continue to suffer these people??? WHY? Let alone allow them to hold office. The government has becone a very bad joke because of these sorry excuses of humanity. Are they any better than the terrorists themselves? Couldn't prove it by me. In a way they're even more dangerous. At least we haven't yet given an Islamic terrorist a trusted office in the US government, but if people like Hillary Clinton are allowed to remain, it will just be a metter of time!

[MEG33]

It is frightening how I feel about her.

[Calpernia]

Parody request for this incident to the tune of Highway to Hell by ACDC

[Calpernia]

Curious, if she carried the colors in a parade, would you stand?