Posted on 01/24/2007 2:19:51 AM PST by kronos77
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Clinton delivered a table-thumping defense yesterday of a Senate resolution that criticizes the Iraq war, forcefully denying it was an "embrace of ... defeat."
Clinton's spirited outburst surprised onlookers at the confirmation hearing for the new Iraq commander, Lt. Gen. David Petraeus.
It came after Sen. Joseph Lieberman said senators like her could encourage the enemy in Iraq if they vote against deploying more troops. Lieberman (I-Conn.) said the nonbinding resolution "would give the enemy some encouragement."
Clinton vigorously countered, jabbing the table with her fingers and slamming the arguments of Lieberman and GOP senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee "who think that statements of disapproval are somehow going to undermine our effort."
She said she joined with others "disapproving the escalation not because we in any way embrace failure or defeat, but because we are trying to get the attention of our government and the government of Iraq."
Clinton, who was on the fourth day of her presidential campaign, also used the hearings to contrast what she called Bush's "dead end" Iraq policy with the Bosnia peacekeeping effort under former President Bill Clinton.
"I've been quite gratified to hear all of the positive references to Bosnia in this hearing," Clinton said.
In Bosnia, U.S. forces halted ethnic fighting that threatened to tear the country apart.
The tough talk in the Senate came after another morning of Clinton's whirlwind media campaign for President.
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Calling Bosnia success is like Neville Chambarlain saying :"Here I have a signature of Mr. Hitler..."
In Bosnia, U.S. forces halted ethnic fighting that threatened to tear the country apart....
I don't believe there were ever ANY US ground forces in Bosnia. My recollection is that our participation was strictly from the air - NATO supplied the "boots on the ground".
You're right about the air support.
However, NATO did not supply troops. Operation Storm which brought about the end of war in Bosnia involved Croatian forces armed by Germany and trained by American ex-military MPRI. It is believed that MPRI also drew up the invasion plans. Bosnian Croats and Bosnian Muslims forces were also involved.
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