Posted on 07/20/2007 6:59:10 AM PDT by RDTF
July 20, 2007 -- WASHINGTON - The Pentagon yesterday launched a blistering attack on Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for boosting "enemy propaganda" by demanding the U.S. military whip up plans for withdrawal from Iraq.
The forceful pummeling - in response to Clinton's request that the Defense Department "prepare plans for the phased redeployment" - came in a terse letter to the Democratic presidential front-runner from Defense Undersecretary Eric Edelman.
"Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abandon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia," Edelman wrote in the July 16 letter.
"Such talk understandably unnerves the very same Iraqi allies we are asking to assume enormous personal risks," he added.
Clinton, who voted in favor of the war in 2002, has been calling for the pullout of combat troops as she ratchets her anti-war rhetoric to woo liberal voters who make up the core of the Democratic Party.
In May, she called on Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Peter Pace to design plans for an orderly withdrawal of U.S. troops and their equipment to avoid "the failure to adequately plan for the conflict."
In addition to the formal request, Clinton urged Pace in a private meeting to make a blueprint for the complex withdrawal - a plan she insisted was necessary, given congressional Democrats' increasing efforts to end the war.
"Any military operation requires contingency planning so that the military and our troops are prepared if the current plan is unsuccessful. It would be irresponsible not to engage in similar planning in Iraq," she said.
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Gates and the White House better back up Edelman's response and put this B-TCH down, hard and fast, and send her up the ol' flag pole.
Oh, I’m gonna tell your daddy.
Good for Edelman.
To even briefly ponder on this woman as the Commander in Chief of our military is chilling.
With Obama, even Richardson or Edwards- you get a sense of what they really think. Hillary? I don’t think SHE even knows what she BELIEVES about anything- she is a pure opportunist.
Long, long past time for this administration to start rebuking the treasonous talk and actions of these liberals.
Since when can ANYONE other than the CIC tell the Pentagon what to do? Did someone name her Queen?
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070720/D8QGARNO0.html
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton hit back Friday at a Pentagon aide who charged that her questions about Iraq withdrawal planning have the effect of helping the enemy - calling the accusation a spurious dodge of a serious issue.
The President is going to speak soon...perhaps you’re right! Good for him, good for Edelman!
All Clinton was asking was,”when does the military plan to declare defeat?” and “is there going to be plenty of time to use this declaration of defeat in my campaign?”.
Since the Unamerican Dims are aiding and abetting the enemy in Iraq, giving them the “go-ahead” for more bombings of the marketplaces.
With each women/child the Islamic cults blow to pieces the Unamerican Dims publicly proclaim them the “WINNERS”.
And demand that the good guys leave the battlefield.
It seems that Clinton/Hussein ticket have chosen sides.
satan’s own daughter (the cloven hoofed hildebeast) opens mouth and lies and brimstone pour forth... no surprise.
LLS
As a follow up, he should say it’s so very typical of Hillary in her naive approach to the seriousness of the Iraq situation to ASSUME contingency planning has not been presented to him already.
Yes, he has received highly classified briefings covering all scenarios in Iraq and the Mideast.
It’s time for him to protect Gates and Edelman, and show her to be the lightweight on military affairs that she really is...
Why does the Administration let her get away with this crap?
Read Edelman’s bio- he sounds like a good guy with akot of experience.
Just the kind of person Hillary will try to squash for the rest of her miserable life.
http://www.defenselink.mil/bios/biographydetail.aspx?biographyid=45
Yes, she is. So is half the Senate and half the House and all the MSM.
Hillary Rodham is now in private meetings, giving orders to Peter Pace, Chariman JCS, to develop a withdrawal plan?
That is indeed shocking and disturbing.
No Hillary, you are not a patriot. You are a scheming opportunist in every aspect of your miserable life, personal and professional.
President Bush and Bob Gates better protect Ambassador Edelman, this “She Who Must Be Obeyed” Rodham is vicious and vindictive.
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