[Rhodes22-list] WARNING - Politics for Bill - Great quotes aboutBosnia, the war where we lost 0 soldiers

[Mark Kaynor]

Hank,

Sorry - it was in the original subject - "Great quotes about Bosnia, the war
where we lost 0 soldiers"

Mark
  

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Mark,
 It would be nice to have the context of each of these quotes. Obviously,
they are not all concerning the current Iraq war.
 Hank

 On 8/18/05, Mark Kaynor <mkaynor at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> Bill,
> 
> A friend forwarded this to me and I know how much you like quotes, so 
> this one's for you.
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> "You can support the troops but not the president."
> --Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
> 
> "Well, I just think it's a bad idea. What's going to happen is they're 
> going to be over there for 10, 15, maybe 20 years."
> --Joe Scarborough (R-FL)
> 
> "Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may 
> come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their
life?"
> --Sean Hannity, Fox News, 4/6/99
> 
> "[The] President . . . is once again releasing American military might 
> on a foreign country with an ill-defined objective and no exit 
> strategy. He has yet to tell the Congress how much this operation will 
> cost. And he has not informed our nation's armed forces about how long 
> they will be away from home. These strikes do not make for a sound 
> foreign policy."
> --Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA)
> 
> "American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the 
> administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign 
> policy."
> 
> --Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
> 
> "If we are going to commit American troops, we must be certain they 
> have a clear mission, an achievable goal and an exit strategy."
> --Karen Hughes, speaking on behalf of George W Bush
> 
> "I had doubts about the bombing campaign from the beginning . . I 
> didn't think we had done enough in the diplomatic area."
> --Senator Trent Lott (R-MS)
> 
> "I cannot support a failed foreign policy. History teaches us that it 
> is often easier to make war than peace. This administration is just 
> learning that lesson right now. The President began this mission with 
> very vague objectives and lots of unanswered questions. A month later, 
> these questions are still unanswered. There are no clarified rules of 
> engagement. There is no timetable. There is no legitimate definition 
> of victory. There is no contingency plan for mission creep. There is 
> no clear funding program.
> There
> is no agenda to bolster our over-extended military. There is no 
> explanation defining what vital national interests are at stake. There 
> was no strategic plan for war when the President started this thing, 
> and there still is no plan today"
> --Rep Tom Delay (R-TX)
> 
> "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to 
> explain to us what the exit strategy is."
> --Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)
> 
> 
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