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Posted on 07/20/2007 11:19:34 PM PDT by Fennie
The Pentagon has issued a stinging rebuke to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, arguing that she is boosting enemy propaganda by asking how the U.S. plans to eventually withdraw from Iraq.
Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman wrote a biting reply to questions Clinton raised in May, urging the Pentagon to start planning now for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
"Premature and public discussion of the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq reinforces enemy propaganda that the United States will abondon its allies in Iraq, much as we are perceived to have done in Vietnam, Lebanon and Somalia," Edelman wrote...
She is a real expert on military strategy along with that draft dodger husband.
Hillary is always reading Chairman Mao’s “ Little Red Book. “
Great find! I didn’t see a link, but then, it’s late. So if it’s there, I apologize.
Associated Press
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Pentagon: Hillary Boosting Enemy Propaganda
The Pentagon has issued a stinging rebuke to Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton, arguing that she is boosting enemy propaganda by asking how the U.S. plans to eventually withdraw from Iraq.
Under Secretary of Defense Eric Edelman wrote a biting reply to questions Clinton raised in May, urging the Pentagon to start planning now for the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
A copy of Edelman’s response, dated July 16, was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press.
“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.
He added that “such talk understandably unnerves the very same Iraqi allies we are asking to assume enormous personal risks.”
Clinton, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has privately and publicly pushed Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Joint Chiefs Chairman Peter Pace two months ago to begin drafting the plans for what she said will be a complicated withdrawal of troops, trucks and equipment.
“If we’re not planning for it, it will be difficult to execute it in a safe and efficacious way,” she said then.
Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines called the response “at once outrageous and dangerous.”
“Redeploying out of Iraq with the same combination of arrogance and incompetence with which the Bush administration deployed our young men and women into Iraq is completely unacceptable, and our troops deserve far better,” said Reines, who said military leaders should offer a withdrawal plan rather than “a political plan to attack those who question them.”
As she runs for president, the New York senator has ratcheted up her criticism of the Bush administration’s war effort, answering critics of her 2002 vote to authorize the Iraq invasion by saying she would end the war if elected president.
Edelman’s letter does offer a passing indication the Pentagon might, in fact, be planning how to withdraw, saying: “We are always evaluating and planning for possible contingencies. As you know, it is long-standing departmental policy that operational plans, including contingency plans, are not released outside of the department.”
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/7/19/140026.shtml?s=lh
It sure looks like almost 100% of the Democrats want America to die, doesn’t it.
They have a death fixation with the unborn, the helpless (like Terri Schiavo), and our nation.
They thrive on taxation, encouraging welfare dependency, dumbing down education, and mainstream media lies.
Yes, we have RINOS doing similarly, but at least the Republican party has a greater number of true Americans.
We can’t let a Democrat or a RINO win in ‘08 unless we like socialism. (And I don’t.)
IIRC .. didn't he run to communist russia to protest a war ?
Bill Clinton trip to Moscow during December 1969
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-18,GGLG:en&q=Bill+Clinton+trip+to+Moscow+during+December+1969
Highly recommended, Fennie.
I agree!
After nearly 7 years of Clinton’s Presidency, we can see the results of his Communist sympathies. He has disarmed our military by cutting both men and material, in some cases by 50%.
The Clinton Army :
http://newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/4/10/223653.shtml
Ann is right on , she is glad to hear SOMEONE finally pointing this out (again)
Ann says the military will be negatively impacted by any return of any Clinton.
I hope she makes this interview the subject of a column
She and Billy, the rapist, have been doing that for years.
Well Bill is an expert on withdrawal tactics..
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To bad Edelman didn't realize ahead of time that all he would do is make Hillary look better (i.e. to the left-wing) in the context of the 2008 presidential election primaries.
There was footage on her first trip to Bagdhad where she stated that we didn’t have enough troops on the ground. This was out when she was a senator for barely 3 yrs. She was acting like an expert then. It need to be seen!
Think she is any good in a game of stratego or sub hunt?
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