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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[Peach]

Well said.

And you're right - the media will protect her.

[TommyDale]

Treason!

[Iowa Granny]

I just naturally assumed the reason she sought out the black soldiers was to make for better photos on her campaign lit. Diversity, you know.

[nicmarlo]

[Palladin]

Photo courtesy of arasina:

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"She is a traitor"

Just like hanoi jane
And just like hanoi jane she will never be indicted for any of her crimes.
hitlery does not have reno protecting her anymore.
But almost 3 years after reno has been gone hitlery still is free to continue her crime spree and treason

[sultan88]

This has been a good thread. Fired me up to the point that I have already sent off three letters and am working on one for my local paper.

[ChemistCat]

The more I think about this, the more I'm sure nothing will be done.

I bet she could have been even more obscenely negative toward our troops and their mission. I bet she could have openly called for revolution against Bush and nothing would be done.

She enjoys the protection the Democrats in the House and Senate have. They can say anything, anything at all, and nothing. will. be. done.

And should we even seriously TRY to get something done, we are no better than McCarthyites...we are Ashcroftians, repressing the freedom of speech of the opposition, and blah blah blah.

(Because they've forgotten 9/11. They've forgotten why we did all of this. And they think this is Just Another Political Issue.)

[Wondervixen]

>>Those medals....reminds me of the old geezer following "great leader" Kim Il Sung of NK around.....has a whole panel of medals from shoulder down to the bottom of his jacket (on both sides)....he can hardly stagger around they must weigh as much as he does..

Yeah...I wonder how many breakfast cereal box tops he had to save to get all those?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

hitlery gets away with all of this because the US Attorney General
refuses to honor his oath of office.

[jimbo123]

16 May, 1918
The U.S. Sedition Act

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United States, Statutes at Large, Washington, D.C., 1918, Vol. XL, pp 553 ff.
A portion of the amendment to Section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917.

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SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States . . . or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both....

[MissAmericanPie]

This is not the time to be quiet about it. I moved my husbands family from Democrat to Repbulican and it took being the black sheep of the family for a few years. Pointing out the damage liberals do, predicting and being right about where their destruction would lead, awakening their moral judgment.

The only hold out was his brother and sis in law, die hard democrats. We ended up not speaking for about five years. It took both brothers facing death while each faced down cancer to somewhat heal the wounds.

For me there is no middle ground in my Chritianity, my principles, or my politics, and I'm not shy about asking others to choose a side and act on it.

[Mia T]

This is my first posted thread here since I've only been here for just a little over 24 hours

Kudos! An amazing debut!

[ChemistCat]

Half of the country is already convinced that Ashcroft has already taken away their freedom of speech, their freedom to look at porn, their freedom to have sex, their freedom to commit suicide....

I KNOW because I read websites (like Fark.com) where that is accepted FACT. While they are discussing this, they are also discussing their political opinions (freely, and in terms like those the admin moderators have been censoring here)--their porn, their sex lives, and such things as assisted suicide....

[PeteFromMontana]

Short, but to the point. You really zeroed right in there! LOL Do you mind that I copy and pasted this to my hard drive to see the light of day another time?

[prairiebreeze]

bookmarking

[Wondervixen]

True! Just look at the pictures...Pictures DON'T lie!

The troops surrounding Bush look positively thrilled. The troops around her look no more thrilled than they would in a cow pasture.

[Theodore R.]

Was Hillary cheered by the troops? Did she tell them that she was once a "Goldwater girl"?

[michigander]

Does that about cover the waterfront?

Whatever it didn't cover will be consumed by an ever increasing saliva tsunami. ;)

[UB355]

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