Tuesday, August 30, 2005

What "they" said during the war in Bosnia

  VERBATIM QUOTES FROM WHEN CLINTON WAS COMMITTING TROOPS TO BOSNIA:
 
"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
 
"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)
 
"[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. These strikes do not make for a sound foreign policy."
        ---Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
 
"American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the
 administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy."
        ---Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
 
"If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they have a
 clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
 ---Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush
 
"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)
 
And........please note, no Americans came back home in a body-bag 
when
 Clinton went into Bosnia.
 

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