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Hillary to Troops: Support for War Fading
In a demoralizing message to U.S. soldiers serving in Iraq, visiting U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton told them that Americans back home were growing increasingly skeptical of President Bushâs decision to send them into battle. Describing two meetings with GIs over turkey dinners in Baghdad, Clinton, D-N.Y., 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] administrationâs policies."
| "Many of them are from my staff and speech writers, of course..." |
She suggested that the U.S. could eventually lose the war in Iraq. "We have to exert all of our efforts militarily, but the outcome is not assured."
| No, it's not. Not with a significant portion of the political class and the press willing to sell out. |
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.
| "Oboy! It's Hillary! Lucky us!" |
"Itâs 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."
| That would be "seeing me" if herself was being grammatical... |
Speaking from a secure location just over the Kuwaiti border, Clinton launched one verbal salvo after another at the White House. She argued that Bush officials had been "obsessed" with getting Saddam Hussein and said the perception blinded them to the difficulties of deposing his regime.
| Or maybe they just assumed they'd deal with the difficulties because the job had to be done... |
"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 weâre playing catchup. ... Unfortunately, I donât think they fully appreciated the conditions we would encounter." The top Democrat 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. "Everybody has to be honest."
How nice of the Junior Shrew from New York to go over and tell the troops âHey, everyone back homes thinks this is all a mistake.â I cannot begin to describe the HATRED I now have for Shrillary. The (so called) purpose of her trip was to visit troops from her home state and to find facts. Seems to me that she went there with an agenda and wanted a forum to vent. And she veted on the troops? I canât imagine some Soldier asking âGee Senator, what are the folks saying back home about us?â If you believe that, I have some land I want to sell you in Florida and a bridge in Brooklyn. Shame on her for making political speeches in a foreign country. To quote a famous Senator: âif this isnât treason, then itâs the first cousin of treason.â
Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2003-12-01 |
