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From: Hiram Gonash <okfreddy_at_hotmail.com_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 02:37:42 -0000

'These are quotes offered up by Republican leaders back when President
Clinton was committing U.S. troops to Bosnia. Reading them, you can
almost feel like you've fallen through the looking glass...

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to
explain to us what the exit strategy is." -- Governor George W. Bush
(R-TX)

"You can support the troops but not the president." -- Rep Tom Delay
(R-TX)

"Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're
going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years." -- Joe Scarborough
(R-FL)

"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may
come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their
life?" --
Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99

"[The] President . . . is once again releasing American military might
on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit
strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will
cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long
they will be away from home."
-- Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)

"I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . I
didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area." -- Senator
Trent Lott (R-MS)

"I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it
is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just
learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with
very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later,
these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of
engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition
of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is
no clear funding program. There is no agenda to bolster our
over-extended military. There is no explanation defining what vital
national interests are at stake. There was no strategic plan for war
when the President started this thing, and there still is no plan
today"
-- Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)'

Couldn't resist..
HG
Received on 2005-08-24 19:37:46