DNC Chair Howard Dean: US Troops "Don't Belong" (Promotes Retreat And Defeat Strategy For Iraq)

Republican National Committee ^ | December 8, 2005

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Democrat Party Leader Howard Dean
Promotes Retreat And Defeat Strategy For Iraq 

Democrat Leader Dean Forced To Defend US Won't Win In Iraq Statement:

DNC Chair Dean:  "The Idea That The United States Is Going To Win The War In Iraq Is Just Plain Wrong." ("Dean Questions Commitment To Iraq Strategy," The Associated Press, 12/5/05) 

• Now Dean Defends That Comment By Saying:  "It Was A Little Out Of Context." (CNN's "American Morning," 12/8/05)

Democrat Leader Dean Has Now Said It Was President Bush Who Said We Couldn't Win In Iraq:

Dean: "The President Has Said Himself We Couldn't Win The War."  (CNN's "American Morning," 12/8/05)

President Bush Never Said We Couldn't Win And Has Laid Out Strategy For Victory:

President Bush: "I Reject The Pessimists In Washington Who Say We Can't Win This War. Yet Every Day, We Can Be Confident Of The Outcome Because We Know That Freedom Has Got The Power To Overcome Terror And Tyranny. We Can Be Confident About The Outcome Because We Know The Character And Strength Of The Men And Women In The Fight. Their Courage Makes All Americans Proud." (President Bush, Remarks Before The Council On Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., 12/7/05)

Democrat Leader Dean Has Now Said Iraq Is Like "Vietnam," And Claims Our Troops "Don't Belong":

 

Dean: "[Our Troops] Don't Belong [In Iraq]." (CNN's "American Morning," 12/8/05)

• Dean: "This Sounds An Awful Lot Like Vietnam ..." (CNN's "American Morning," 12/8/05)

Papers And Pundits Have Rejected Dean's Message; Some Call For Dean's Removal:

Mobile Register: "The Democratic National Committee Ought To Fire Howard Dean As The Party's National Chairman." (Editorial, "Time For Democrats To Lose Howard Dean," Mobile Register, 12/8/05)

The Harrisonburg, VA Daily News-Record: "Howard Dean, Chairman Of The Democratic Party, Has Any Number Of Sayings That Should Be Posted In 'Ripley's Believe It Or Not,' And He's Not Toning Down His Rhetoric During This Time Of Cheer." (Editorial, "Dean And The Democrats," [Harrisonburg (VA)] Daily News-Record, 12/8/05)

• The Harrisonburg, VA Daily News-Record::"[Dean Said] This Week That The Iraq War Is 'Unwinnable' And That American Forces Should Withdraw. It's Something Of An Odd Thing To Say When Saddam Hussein Is On Trial. A Nation With A Dictator In The Dock Instead Of In The Presidential Palace Shows Signs Of Improvement." (Editorial, "Dean And The Democrats," [Harrisonburg (VA)] Daily News-Record, 12/8/05)

 

The Oregonian's David Reinhard: "How Do You Ask An American Soldier To Be The Last American Soldier To Die For An 'Unwinnable' War From Which We Need To Withdraw Or 'Another Vietnam'? In Brief, How Do [You] Embrace The Democratic Defeatism Du Jour And Not Tell The Family Of A Dead Soldier That Their Loved One Has Died In Vain?" (David Reinhard, Op-Ed, "The Iraq War," The Oregonian, 12/8/05)

Vermont's Rutland Herald: "Howard Dean Makes A Heck Of A Lightning Rod. The Former Vermont Governor And Democratic National Committee Chairman Is Back In The News This Week For Telling A Texas Radio Station That 'The Idea That We're Going To Win The War In Iraq Is An Idea Which Is Just Plain Wrong.'"  (Editorial, "Dean's Gift To The GOP," Rutland [VT] Herald, 12/8/05)

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[newfarm4000n]

Gee today really is shocking thread day !

[TexasCajun]

Woo-Hoo!! This is going to be fun! ...about time.

[vigilante2]

why doesn't he shut up already

[digger48]

same gene pool?

[TexasCajun]

And we get video tomorrow?

I'm gonna need a Democrat White Flag decal for my truck.

[BenLurkin]

"The Idea That The United States Is Going To Win The War In Iraq Is Just Plain Wrong." ("Dean Questions Commitment To Iraq Strategy," The Associated Press, 12/5/05)

What a creep!

[Brett66]

Go Howie go!

[TexasCajun]

The DRUDGE REPORT has learned from a top GOP operative that the Republican National Committee will provide state parties with a web video prior to release tomorrow afternoon that shows a white flag waving over images of Democrat leaders making anti-war remarks.

[Namyak]

Neglected by Congress below, distressed with the small-pox; want of Generals and discipline in our Army, which may rather be called a great rabble, our credit and reputation lost, and great part of the country; and a powerful foreign enemy advancing upon us, are so many difficulties we cannot surmount them.

-Benedict Arnold

Come on now... the Democrats are only following in the footsteps of a great American...

[river rat]

At what point, does the behavior of Dean, Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosie, Schumer, Durbin, etc, etc,....become TREASON.


Or at the very least -- sufficiently serious violation of the "aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war" to have them removed from any public trust office?

I at outraged that these bastards are allowed to PUBLICLY make the charges they're making -- KNOWING they are false...

We are far too tolerant of these bastards, and it will come to disastrous results for America...

Semper Fi

[Cautor]

John Murfa&*# is also waiving the white flag. Dumb old George Bush has managed to force the entire DIMwit party into a full retreat, one that even the French would admire.

[Wristpin]

Sheesh...failed inductment physical for "unfused vertebrae" yet could play football, track, wrestle and work construction!

[steve in DC]

Howard Dean: Chairman of the DemoBaathist Party

[IamConservative]

Q: Why this attack? Why now?

A: The Dems know we are winning and the upcoming elections in Iraq are the beginning of the end.

Looking at this in the abstract, I cannot see how they gain any capital with this move.

[uncbob]

Well Howie is going to have a lot of wacko dem support that Hillary needs

Going to get very interesting Kerry--Hillary--Dean all trying for the $$$$

[TankerKC]

Dean: "[Our Troops] Don't Belong [In Iraq]." (CNN's "American Morning," 12/8/05)

A quote with that many brackets is not a quote.

[Joe Bfstplk]

I think that their slogan should be "Retreat IN defeat."

[cubreporter]

Cut and Run. Dean head of the Cut and Run party.
Cut and Run,
Cut and Run,
Cut and Run,
Cut and Run,
Cut and Run!!!!