Posted on 03/27/2007 7:25:09 PM PDT by FairOpinion
Republican presidential hopeful Rudolph Giuliani on Tuesday called the Democratic-controlled Congress' challenge to President Bush's policy in Iraq "a terrible mistake" and equated it with waving a white flag in the war against terrorism.
"I can't imagine in the history of war anybody announcing a timetable to run out and retreat," he said at an appearance at a delicatessen in this suburb just over the George Washington Bridge from New York City. "I think it's a terrible mistake. To put up the white flag and announce a timetable for retreat seems like a very bad strategy to me."
Giuliani's remarks came on the heels of the U.S. Senate narrowly passing a nonbinding timeline that would have U.S. combat troops home by next March. President Bush is likely to veto the resolution.
"I hope that the president vetoes it," Giuliani said. "The full focus of our energies should be on supporting the troops that are there and trying to act against terrorism, trying to create an Iraq that acts as a bulwark against terrorism instead of a headquarters for terrorism."
He also didn't mince words when asked what he would do as president if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad continued to flirt with developing nuclear weapons.
"What I would do is make clear to him that he's not going to have nuclear weapons. That's not an option. Containment may have worked with the Soviets, but as far as I can recall, the Soviets weren't planning to come here and kill us. They didn't blow up the World Trade Center twice. We've got a different kind of enemy here. Ahmadinejad has to be clear that we're not going to let him move to the stage where he can have nuclear weapons."
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Everyone can see what the Democrats are doing after being in power only a few months -- can you just imagine what will they do if they also have the presidency?!
As I've pointed out on other threads, Rudy is NOT a RINO in any ordinary meaning of the term. To call him a RINO or a cross-dresser or similar insults is just silly.
He has certainly taken positions on abortion and other issues that need to be confronted, but it would be more helpful to confront them directly.
By the way, this is the kind of statement that was called "mean" earlier today, and was one of the reasons why, except for the Post, the New York press hates him--because he tells it like it is.
He is not a man who breaks campaign promises.
Way to go, Rudy.
I hope he is not expecting conservatives to fire their semi-automatic's into the air.. to celebrate..
There he goes again proving he's liberal to the core. :-)
LBT
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Damn those stupid Republicans for failing to do what they were elected to do, which then enable the dems to get the house and senate back. They wanted the vote, got it, squandered it and lost it. Now the house and senate have voted to have another Vietnam. Stupid, stupid, stupid...
With You! AND he should say: "I support will not support
any gun control laws!"
"worthless legislation"
It is NOT "worthless". It has high value to the terrorists -- it's a strong message to them, that the only one stopping them from winning against us, is President Bush. All they have to do is hang in there until we'll have a Democrat president.
I'd rather see him totally denounce his position on gun control.
"After the cowards in the House and Senate voted to side with the terrorists, I will never vote in such a way as to give ANY demonrat the vote...even if that means voting for a RINO. "
You are a smart, intelligent, logical person.
If only everyone else would have their eyes opened, as you have opened yours.
Some still don't understand that "elections have consequences" and sometimes, as in today's critical times, really dire ones.
Just imagine a Democrat president and a larger Democrat majority in Congress.
"Rudy, the leader we need in these critical times. "
Caesar! Caesar! Caesar!
Yeah, the WoT was really the only issue he was strong on, he's blown it with this "deadline" thing, he sounds like he's just another Democrat now.
No one else has the courage to talk about terrorism with this kind of clarity.
Instead, we have clowns like Duncan Hunter talking ambiguously about withdrawal plans.
"I have changed my mind on 2008. After the cowards in the House and Senate voted to side with the terrorists, I will never vote in such a way as to give ANY demonrat the vote...even if that means voting for a RINO.
Damn those stupid Republicans for failing to do what they were elected to do, which then enable the dems to get the house and senate back. They wanted the vote, got it, squandered it and lost it. Now the house and senate have voted to have another Vietnam. Stupid, stupid, stupid..."
God Bless America, and God Bless You.
Rudy is the Answer!
This is the thing that the Dummycrats keep failing to grasp. While they pander to people who want to relive the Sixties, they're offering no real solutions to either Iraq or Islamofascism.
I'll be the first to say that we need a reasonable way out of Iraq. But you just can't expect reason from people who call Code Pink part of their constituency.
"Rudy is the Answer!"
To what question?
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