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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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

If the US Attorney General actually followed his oath of office
hitlery would not be "visiting" our troops.
She would be in prison for her crimes and "speaking" with fellow inmates.

[armymarinemom]

Oh my ears!!!! My husband just came home and I told him about Hiliary's statement. He has been spewing for quite some time now. I'm really glad that he isn't in front of this keyboard or his post would be pulled.

[MEG33]

You can freepmail me with it..I'll send you a thank you note!

[desertcry]

aeronautical effects... Yes, it's called DRAG, with zero lift component. What a RAG!

[Mia T]

clinton's tin ear is legendary.
Her stupidity should be.
I doubt that she gets it, even now.

I am reminded of the final scene in "The Dead Zone."
Christopher Walken unmasks a narcissistic politico running for US Senate (aptly played by Martin Sheen) as the dangerous, self-serving demagogue that he is.
The dangerous demagogue, realizing that he's finished, blows himself away.

The problem with this analogy is that clinton is--both clintons are--too self-absorbed to see beyond their own fat a$$es...

 

Poetic justice in the end.
The clintons will become prisoners
-- Cartesian and Freudian --
of their own depravity.


Imprisoned in the hermetic confines
of an evil, narcissistic life,
their world will finally and fittingly
become as small as they,
themselves, are.

[mountaineer]

We all can say what we think of her (in the privacy of our own homes) - it's just wise not to post it!

[Becki]

You have to remember: over at DU.com, they were happy over 9-11. They want our troops in Iraq slaughtered, so it will look bad for Bush. They are psychotic. They are worthless. The contribute nothing to society, except its further decline. I don't say this lightly. They can't bring themselves to say anything critical about a butchering dictator, yet would love to take part in killing our President, and his family. They don't deserve the freedoms that are being preserved for them with human lives. They are truly soulless individuals.

This bears repeating.

Especially in the light of several posts over the last few days. They can no longer support the troops if they really cheered for Bush and were really so excited to see him.

In their view, this makes them unworthy of support.

Becki

[desertcry]

You sure know how to get my blood boiling this morning!

[little jeremiah]

I'm ashamed to be a member of the same species as this woman.

Don't worry, you aren't the same species. At least not for long.

("She" is Human In Name Only.)

[gdc61]

comment# removed by me.(save the moderator the trouble)

[hardhead]

The last I heard we can all say what we think, as long as it is not to harm anyone...?? We are still blessed with free speech, even in America, right?

[moneypenny]

Here is the letter I sent to all on the Ethics Committee,and Senator Bill Frist



RE: Senator Hillary Clinton comments to “OUR” soldiers



I am writing you in regards to Senator Hillary Clinton. What she said to our soldiers over in Iraq is demoralizing to say the least. I have friends and family over there now, or getting ready to go. How can a person (in guise of the former president) to whom the Military is anathema, and was party to the rape of our armed forces be allowed to travel to the sites of some of the most overwhelming military victories the world has EVER witnessed, and say the things she said I’ll never understand.

In Iraq she said; "The Pentagon tried to make do with as few troops as possible, as light a footprint as they could get away with." and "Now, we're playing catch-up . . . Unfortunately, I don't think they fully appreciated the conditions we would encounter.". Implying that our troops won’t be able to do the job, or that they are part of something bad foisted on them by the administration. This is the military that was gutted by her husband and the democrats.

She says; "Americans are wholeheartedly proud of what you are doing but there are many questions at home about the administration's policies." Again implying that somehow they shouldn’t be there, or that their being there is something to be ashamed of.

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." What?! Hello Sen. Clinton, we’ve WON the war in Iraq. We are in the rebuilding process, and although there are still problems, we have for the most part pacified Iraq, and have rebuilt most of their infrastructure. At the end of World War II, we still had more than a decade of occupation ahead of us in Germany. In Iraq, we are looking to the middle of next year to hand the government back to the Iraqis, a matter of a couple of years.

Seditious comments like these, from a sitting senator, and a member of the Armed Forces Committee, to our military in the field, in a time of conflict are totally unacceptable. It is time for the Senate to clean house. She should be censured. She should resign from the Armed Forces Committee. The Senate as a body has to step up. Despite her comments, the American people are wholeheartedly behind our troops. Sadly, I can’t say the same for their feelings regarding the Senate, and senators like Clinton.

[MEG33]

You don't want her?I don't blame you.

[Jeff Gordon]

I think the number of "removed by moderator" posts gives a clear idea what people around here think of Hillary.

Suffice it to say that if I said what I really wanted to say here, it too would be "removed by moderator."

[prairiebreeze]

LOL!! Actually, I'd rather turn it into constructive effort. Without reading 700 + posts, can anybody tell me if it's the concensus that mailing or calling the ethics committee is the appropriate venue for registering our disapproval? IN addition to the media of course?

Maybe Frist?

Prairie

[nicmarlo]

Hillary Clinton Visits Baghdad Hot on Heels of Bush

The former first lady, who is now a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said she had "wanted to come to Iraq to let the troops know about the great job they're doing".

She said she had supported the Bush administration's massive 87-billion dollar supplementary defence budget to pay for its operations in Afghanistan and Iraq but added she would have structured it differently.

Fellow senator Jack Reed of Rhode Island, who has been accompanying Clinton on her tour and previously visited Iraq in July, said his visits had confirmed his opposition to the US-led war.

"This isn't the right approach," he said. "The longer we're unable to suppress the violence, the quicker the Iraqis will become impatient with our presence. And the level of violence has accelerated dramatically."

[TomGuy]

I'm ashamed to be a member of the same species as this woman.

Don't worry, you aren't the same species. At least not for long.

("She" is Human In Name Only.)

That would make her a HINO.

[litany_of_lies]

I'm praying that this is on video (somebody PLEASE find it). If it was said in the tones I would expect from her, she'd be toast on the presidential front.

[SAMWolf]

Not being American means you can see them for what they really are, unlike many of my fellow Countrymen.

[GunnyB]

What IS it about this abomination of a family?

Dear Lord, when will these two get the divine retribution they so richly deserve?

As a former Marine, and son of a former Marine, I can not believe that a sitting US Senator would even think of making such a statement to US troops in a war zone. Once again, if a Republican did something like this the press would be on them for months... We must find some way to either break things like this out into the open or expose the corrupt media that keeps anti-klinton news from showing up on front pages.

Surely, a sitting US Senator, telling troops in a war zone that their cause has tenuous backing of the American people should make the front page of every newspaper!